"With immediate effect, the following products are 'End of Life' (EOL); Apple 20" Cinema Display," the Cupertino-based company wrote in a worldwide bulletin to its sales and service channels. "All backlog will be cancelled and there is no automatic order conversion."
Around the same time, the Mac maker also removed the offering from its various online stores. Inventory of the display is extremely tight, as production of the product is believed to have been halted late last year. One of the company's largest distributors, Ingram Micro UK, reflects absolutely no inventory (below).
Interestingly, the same distributor has also run dry of the current 30-inch HD Cinema Display with a delivery date on new orders well past due, suggesting it may soon follow the 20-inch model out the door. The 30-inch model is not listed as discontinued, however, as it remains the only Apple-branded display that can be paired with new Mac Pro and Mac mini purchases.
Apple discontinued its previous-generation 23-inch HD Cinema Display last fall while introducing its new LED-lit 24-inch Cinema Display (review), which was designed with the company's new family of notebooks in mind. It did away with a DVI connector in favor of a Mini DisplayPort connector, which Apple has said will become its new standard display interface, shipping on all future products.
While Apple is widely expected to introduce a second LED-lit display in the 30-inch range, it remains unclear whether a new 20-inch model remains in the cards. Any future display update would presumably coincide with long-awaited updates to the company's line of desktop systems.
The 30-inch Cinema Display is amongst Apple's eldest available product offerings, having been introduced back in June of 2004.
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it's new LED-lit 23-inch display for notebooks
Its actually a 24 inch display and a very nice one at that (I'm typing this comment on it)!
I hope they introduce a new 30" with a MacPro displayPort card on Tuesday.
Its actually a 24 inch display and a very nice one at that (I'm typing this comment on it)!
Wow! You can actually type on the 24" LED display? I didn't know it featured a touch screen interface. How cool is that? ;-) jk
C'mon Apple! Out with the thirty incher and I'll buy both the 17" MBP and 30" LED ACD in one shot!
I can't say I'd miss the 20", it was a bit small anyway, certainly it is these days. If you're going to buy a premium display, it might as well be 24" or 30".