Glorious LED
Apple October 15th, 2008
Apple today announced a new product to its display lineup, the 24″ LED Cinema Display which consumers have been waiting on for some time now. Entering the product line at a price of $899 the new display is poised to impress.
Compatible with MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro systems with Mini DisplayPort, yet we’re still unsure on how, and if we’ll be able to connect the new display to older machines - including the Mac Pro.
One of the fancier features is that the LED Cinema Display includes a MagSafe connector that powers and charges your laptop. The connector sits on your desk, ready and waiting which means there’s no need to unravel the MagSafe which came with your MacBook/Pro. This should excite those working in office environments who take their machine home with them each night. No more lugging around an extra power brick all day long.
The display features three self-powered USB 2.0 ports on the rear, but consumers lose out on Firewire devices as there’s no Firewire ports like the previous generation. It also features an iSight camera, microphone, and stereo speaker system all in-built to the bezel. No more having to leave your laptops lid open for video conferences.
The new 24″ LED Cinema Display is 90% of everything people have been wanting in Apple branded displays for some time now. Personally, I’m hoping we won’t have to wait long for a 30″ variation and simple solutions to use it on an older Macintosh.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Steve Jobs has set up an auto-responder on his email informing people that there will be an adapter that will connect older Macs to the new displays.
Personally, it’s a little upsetting that Apple is using DisplayPort, but it looks like a great solution—does audio + video, has flexible resolutions, and is smaller than HDMI. I think that if Apple incorporates this into all their devices, things will be a lot more streamlined done the road.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I think the new displays look fantastic. I can’t wait to see one in person. Though the 24″ is well-priced and I love the 3-in-1 cord, I too hope they’ll come out with a 30″ soon since I don’t think it’s worth it to upgrade from 20″ to 24″. 30″ would be much more incentive!
October 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
While the 24″ interests me, I think I’ll be waiting for a 30″ version before I make any decision on if, and when to put down the money on one.
October 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Looks like a great screen and the finish is amazing I would love to gave one but it is just a bit to expensive in my opinion.
October 16th, 2008 at 4:40 am
I think I will personally pick up two 24″ to replace the Samsung 24″ I have now.
The lack of adapter to hook up to legacy computers/laptops bothers me though. You figure they’d do that right away since only the updated Macbook/Pro/Air have the new connectors.