Um, the price? Dell 20" widescreen display, about $550 [when on sale - last week, for example]. Apple 20" widescreen display, about $1,000. Amount saved by going with the Dell == almost enough to buy a Mac mini.
Price has nothing to do with nice factor, just affordability. gb's post implied he didn't like the screens themselves rather than the price (which I agree with FTR).
the 23" displays downstairs are showing ghosting and burn-in, and they're only a year old. They're still gorgeous to look at though, both in terms of aesthetics and image quality. Almost as good as the discontinued SGI 19" flat panels...
As for price, well a Mac Mini is an object of lust too- I could buy a nice wee AMD box for around half the price, so if you're going for a lust-object like the Mac Mini you might as well get the lusty apple display as well!
Considering I'm thinking about these for our editorial department where we'll be getting five at once - the extravagance of buying the Apple display is just not gonna fly.
My current monitors are Dell 20" LCD's, not sure of the model number but they run at 1600x1200 which is acceptable when theres two of them. I'm still impressed by the image quality- not as smooth as the apple monitors, but the blacks are blacker and the colours clean and bright. One of my co-workers has a pair of Samsung 20" LCDs and theyre horrible.
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What's wrong with the Apple flat screens? They're a complete object of lust for me. All that brushed aluminium...
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And lets not forget that not so long ago the screens were so damned ugly I just about puked looking at one (ie the old pinstriped look).
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As for price, well a Mac Mini is an object of lust too- I could buy a nice wee AMD box for around half the price, so if you're going for a lust-object like the Mac Mini you might as well get the lusty apple display as well!
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