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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
 Posted - 22 May 2003 : 09:15:10
I'm typing this on a very nice Dual G4 with a 23" Cinema Display at the Apple Store in Cambridge Mass USA. It is a very nice machine and so so so much faster that my old G4 AGP with OS 9.iWant this beastie very very much. Also iWant the 12" G4 PB next to me, and the new iPod, and the 17" PB and....... SIGH So many Macs, so little time. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 09:57:08
COOL! *drools*I know what its like though, I remember the time i used an eMac last year at the Shop....sure, i loved (and still love) my iMac 333, but it was hard to go back to it!  -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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Christophillis
Forums Squadron Commander
USA
688 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 12:40:37
When I went in to a Comp usa recently, I used the new duel 1.43, with the 23" cinema display. Boy it was dissapointing to have to go home to my 17" CRT. Anyone want to morgage their house and buy me a 23"?68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 14:34:04
Is the 23" the LCD display? I hear those things get screwy a year or so after you buy them. LCD monitors (at least the ones made in the last fey years) dont have the life of the good old perfected CRT.
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emaq123
Junior Member
USA
258 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 15:11:25
I got my 22" Cinema before the big price drop. It's about a year and a half old. It's still just as great as the day I got it. I plan on using it for the better part of 10 years before I replace it. As with all things, you get what you pay for. I'd say the weak part of the lcd is the backlight. If I'm not using mine, it is off. I hope that this will protect the display longer. As I own notebooks with 7 year and older displays that look fine, I don't see this as a problem.emaq123 SE/30 and system 6.0.8 Now we're talking POWER! |
Christophillis
Forums Squadron Commander
USA
688 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 19:42:04
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Is the 23" the LCD display? I hear those things get screwy a year or so after you buy them. LCD monitors (at least the ones made in the last fey years) dont have the life of the good old perfected CRT.
I'm not sure where you heard this from. I dont think the 23 has even been out for a year either. I could be wrong. I have heard nothing but good things about all of apple's lcd's. 68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 19:53:32
G4: Did you go check out the eMac? How is the new eMac keyboard?-------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 20:09:01
heh... It hasn't been out for a whole year.. methinks... :-\....just like the eMac and hte iPod, I've heard nothing bad about the displays  Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 20:24:18
Neither have I!-------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 20:57:20
And if there IS a horror story, it's MacLover 5 who's heard it Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 21:25:43
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And if there IS a horror story, it's MacLover 5 who's heard it Official 68k videographer
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Shut Up.™ No I haven't, and I've never seen one IRL, either. If i did, however, it would probably die an early death because of all the drool from my mouth. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 22:02:56
and THAT would be your "Cinema HD display 23" ML5 Horror Story"!!!"it died when I drooled on it" Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 22 May 2003 : 22:26:05
HAR!™-------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2003 : 06:12:13
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G4: Did you go check out the eMac? How is the new eMac keyboard?
I saw the new eMac -- it looks very nice -- but did not try the keyboard. I spent the better part of 2 hours glued to the 23" display and playing around with OS X. Even on the dual 1 GHz tower, everythng was quite snappy under 10.2.5.My wife took a turn at the 12" PB and pronounced the keyboard as being good, although she says she will have to get used to the longer keystroke travel on 12" G4 vs. her old Pismo. She also really liked the light Aluminum finish on the new PB -- she thinks her Pismo is just too big and black. Regarding the life of Apple LCDs, my 22" Cinema display (a pre-ADC model) is over 3 years old and still going strong (no dead pixels and no dimming of the backlight). G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
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