YES 30" displays CONFIRMED!!!! well sorta
Taken from www.macOSrumors.com:
30-inch Cinema Display updates: New reports from Southeast Asian LCD manufacturing sources indicate that Apple may be very close to making, or may have recently made, its choice as to a supplier of LCD panels for its forthcoming 30-inch Cinema Display. Resolution is extremely high, as we have reported previously: "well over 2,000 horizontal pixels, and may be Apple's first 16:9 widescreen (existing widescreens are 16:10)".
Well, it looks like the new Cinema's resolution could be considerably higher than that -- under 3,000 horizontal pixels, but not by much. One reported LCD panel that Apple was considering, by a Taiwanese manufacturer, sported 2800x1575 pixels. A 23-inch, 1920x1200 panel is cool, but a 30-inch unit that has nearly half again the pixels (4.41 Million vs. 2.3) would be just plain sweet. The price tag will be steep at first of course (as high as the same $3,500 that the Cinema HD 23 premiered at -- now $1799 from many retailers), but if you want one of the best displays out there, Apple intends to have you covered in less than six months' time -- perhaps much sooner
Man thats gonna be so dang cool!!!
I wonder if apple will have the 30inch model with the same design as the current dispalys (pinestripes and all) or will sport an alumuim case to match the G5?
30-inch Cinema Display updates: New reports from Southeast Asian LCD manufacturing sources indicate that Apple may be very close to making, or may have recently made, its choice as to a supplier of LCD panels for its forthcoming 30-inch Cinema Display. Resolution is extremely high, as we have reported previously: "well over 2,000 horizontal pixels, and may be Apple's first 16:9 widescreen (existing widescreens are 16:10)".
Well, it looks like the new Cinema's resolution could be considerably higher than that -- under 3,000 horizontal pixels, but not by much. One reported LCD panel that Apple was considering, by a Taiwanese manufacturer, sported 2800x1575 pixels. A 23-inch, 1920x1200 panel is cool, but a 30-inch unit that has nearly half again the pixels (4.41 Million vs. 2.3) would be just plain sweet. The price tag will be steep at first of course (as high as the same $3,500 that the Cinema HD 23 premiered at -- now $1799 from many retailers), but if you want one of the best displays out there, Apple intends to have you covered in less than six months' time -- perhaps much sooner
Man thats gonna be so dang cool!!!
I wonder if apple will have the 30inch model with the same design as the current dispalys (pinestripes and all) or will sport an alumuim case to match the G5?
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ANyone who has used a 23" LCD for 5 minutes can probably not imagine what more pixel density would look like.
MSKR
Originally posted by Masker
IF Apple is to introduce this beast, then they need to make the OS X GUI truly scalable on all counts.
ANyone who has used a 23" LCD for 5 minutes can probably not imagine what more pixel density would look like.
MSKR
and that's not just apple. ALL third parties would have to be able to scale. hell, have you tried to read photoshop palettes on a 23" screen??? good thing it's super-sharp, but still...
Originally posted by Wireless
Taken from www.macOSrumors.com:
You haven't been around here long?
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Originally posted by NerV
"MOSR" and "confirmed" should not go in the same post.
Actually, MOSR is exactly the kind of confirmation that deserves a "CONFIRMED" in the title.
Originally posted by JBL
Actually, MOSR is exactly the kind of confirmation that deserves a "CONFIRMED" in the title.
No, MOSR is exactly the kind of confirmation that deserves a "?" in the title.
Originally posted by T'hain Esh Kelch
No, MOSR is exactly the kind of confirmation that deserves a "?" in the title.
So MOSR is unreliable? whats the reason? how many times have they been wrong in the past?
I think that if apple does make a 30" they will annouce it at the apple expo, to go with panther.
Originally posted by Wireless
So MOSR is unreliable? whats the reason? how many times have they been wrong in the past?
I can't recall a single time MOSR got it right. MOSR has been predicting larger screens and wireless keyboards and mice for forever now. Those advancements are inevitable, and so those predictions are just like predicting that the sun will rise in the east.
Since then, they haven't even been remotely close on anything
MOSR is kinda notorious for...well, being completely full of crap. To put it semi-nicely.
I've been aware of them for 2 or 3 years now and, yes, I do check them 2 or 3 times a week (got 'em bookmarked, even), but it's more for chuckles, forehead slaps and eyerolls (in other words, entertainment value) than for any true, inside dirt or info.
In the time I've been aware of them, I honestly don't think they've been right about ANYTHING. I say that with no exaggeration intended!
Others here can probably tell you more about the person running the site, but it's pretty much known and accepted that he and his site are just grasping at straws and pulling wild stuff out of their hat at any given moment.
He tries to write his stuff as though he's goi the inside line and has "sources". His "sources" are whatever pops into his head, apparently, because there are things he all but promised years ago that have NEVER materialized.
As a matter of fact, I'd love to go back through his archives and check to see just how off he is...might be fun reading!
Long story short, find the largest grain of salt you can when reading ANYTHING at MOSR. You'll be glad you did.
Originally posted by markiv
Grain of salt, looks more like 10 pounds to me. Oh well what the hell, it's the thought that counts.
It's a large grain of salt. Get it?
Other than that, I have no idea regarding their hit rates.
BTW, anyone look at the referenced As The Apple Turns (ATAT)? Is it just me, or are these folks suddenly writing comprehensibly?
But here's the thing that really annoys me about MOSR: Apple will announce a new product or upgrade (i.e. iSight) or a 'reader' will write in with a bit of news (i.e. Virtual PC incompatible with the G5), and MOSR always replies, "We have heard similar reports from ________ sources for some time now." Every time I read this I roll my eyes. If you (MOSR) knew about it, then why the hell didn't you write anything about it?
Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.
Originally posted by cubist
One of MacOSRumors' pet predictions is 4- and 8-processor PowerMacs. They're not called MOSR anymore, though.
BTW, anyone look at the referenced As The Apple Turns (ATAT)? Is it just me, or are these folks suddenly writing comprehensibly?
To paraphrase 'Raising Arizona': They have a baby now! Everything's chaaanged!
I don't think they were incomprehensible; now they just have less time for verbiage. Anyway, I like yesterday's Motorola-slamming double feature.
Especially since, if the protracted scarcity of new G4 processors will nuke Apple's quarterly revenue badly enough to warrant an earnings warning, you just know Uncle Steve's going to pay a little visit to Motorola headquarters with a big, scary axe.
What a wonderful image: turtle-neck, jeans and an AD&D battle axe.
Screed ...wondering what Chris Galvin's THAC0 is these days...
However, I'd love them to release one because it would probably accompany a price drop on the 23" monitor which I've had my eye on.
But lets be realistic, I'd prefer my G5 Powerbook before any monitor!
Originally posted by Dr_Holistic
Personally I don't see a need for a 30" monitor, unless of course you are watching DVD's on it and the monitor dubs as your television. That would be one nice display for a Movie!
However, I'd love them to release one because it would probably accompany a price drop on the 23" monitor which I've had my eye on.
But lets be realistic, I'd prefer my G5 Powerbook before any monitor!
You don't use palette-crazy applications, do you?