I wonder if this might be a prelude to introducing a 17" display...for say $499 to go with the rumor $499 iMac (headless)?

Don't know if this means anything, but I called our Apple Rep today for a quote on some PowerBooks and Cinema Displays. She is ALWAYS very quick to get back with me with the quotes. She even stated she would have it to me within an hour. That was nearly 12 hours ago and still no quote? Means something?

I've got a 30" waiting in my Apple store (Dual G5 still delayed) so I would love a bit of a price drop off it. I wonder since I ordered it a little while ago will I have to pay the old price or possible new price?

i don't really think apple is going to release another monitor just to couple with this lower end imac computer. i think some people are missing the point of what such a computer is intended for.

its supposed to be just a box so new buyers will be able to rip out their old towers or whatever and simply plug their old monitor, mouse and whatever straight back into the new mac box. cheap computer upgrade to the mac world. if people want a new monitor, i'm sure apple is the state of mind that what lcds they sell as the moment, should be sufficient.

rumors have it the current lcds are just about to drop some more in price. it sounds like some people want cheaper monitors for the new imac box. really since when has apple products been cheap; they are a premium product to windows boxes. if you want the lcd over your old monitor you'll have to just pay for it - or start considering a real imac with screen included.

this is the apple business strategy here.

display prices just been 'slashed' in the uk...
the store was down for a couple of hours, then was up again for about a minute. Now it's updating again!

From what I can remember seeing, the price of the 20 inch was about £600 and the 30 inch around £2000 (a massive drop of £500). Can't remember the 23inch price.

I purchased the Dell 2005FPW (20 inch wide lcd) in December to hook up to my 12inch PB 133MHZ. I'm now sending my second replacement back for a full refund. The "baclight bleeding" of these monitors is horrible. Not visible when working in bright light, but when you work in a dark room, or trying to watch a DVD in a moderatley dark room - all four corners of the monitor leak HUGE amount of light - very distracting and annoying.

This doesn't mean the Apple monitors are any better - they are not. They don't seem to suffer from backlight leaks- but the overall color quality is inferior to the Dell monitor. Even the models i've seen on display in stores suffer this "pink haze" across the monitor. Given the choice I'll tak the backligt over the pink haze - Dell has a better return policy for LCD as well - 100% satisfaction or 100% money returned.

If you really need a large LCD, Dell's is better value and quality, even though it has its shortcomings.

Mark
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