New Cinema Display w/iSight?

iDubai · 27th June 2006, 10:30

Back in Sep 05, I purchased my Dual 2.7 G5, Exactly the same day, they have released the Quad version. That was really annoying as i wanted to get the 30" too. So I decided to wait.

When are they going to change the Cinema Display! Are they going to integrate the iSight? Will there be a 42" Display!

I just like the Huge screen in my office

It usually takes they 15 months to come up with new screens. Right!

Yasir · 21st August 2006, 13:55

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Are they going to integrate the iSight?

I dont think they would .....I guess mostly who buy these screens are professional designers, and i dont really think they would like a small cam like that.... And it seems apple is focusing to get the screen even thinner, maybe...thats in my opinion

MacUAE · 21st August 2006, 16:22

Well... they have iSight built in the new MacBook Pro... and thats a professional notebook. Only time will tell.

Magnus · 21st August 2006, 16:52

Thinner would be nice obviously. Built-in iSight? Sure, why not. That seems to be the way they are going with everything and it won't cost them much to put it in there since the built-in iSight is now mass-produced so it can be put in all the Macs.

One thing I've liked about Dell monitors, apart from a much lower price than the Cinema Displays, is the built-in card readers. Sure I have an external USB card reader but not having to have it attached would be convenient. And more USB and Firewire ports, please, Apple, so I can do away with an external USB hub.

What are pros interested in? Perhaps some built-in physical color-matching technology? I know if you stick with ColorSync you get pretty good matching, but for those who really need to accurately match colors I guess there's no substitute for a physical color-matching device. But I think that'll be a small segment of Apple's customers so it won't happen.

Other than that? Why not make the Cinema Displays pressure sensitive? Sell a special clear cover for the surface and let people use it as a tablet, basically. There are so many who buy something like a Wacom tablet to use with their Macs. Why not use the 30" for that?

crystal · 21st August 2006, 17:02

Well only time will tell what they are doing, but Apple did drop the price of the Cinema Displays, so one can hope that a new one is on the way.

Appleholic · 22nd August 2006, 07:33

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Originally Posted by crystal

Well only time will tell what they are doing, but Apple did drop the price of the Cinema Displays, so one can hope that a new one is on the way.

Aimen to that crystal, u r on the right track in knowing when a change is going to happen. Apple did not cut the prices on the HD Displays for no reason.... New Displays are just around the corner, if not september, inshalah October. i just hope they cut the freekin prices here... 10,800 DHS for a 30" display is rediculas... i wish we can have a word with IMC or whatever they are called... regarding the way they sell and there pricing, i would realy love to something about it, because it seems like thats the only thing that prevents costemers in the UAE to rethink or move further away from apple products.
anyways this is out of topic..lol... back to the displays...
i have wanted one of those sexy screens for soo long, and its not the money... its fact that u know something will come up cooler, sexyer and more Appleish every time u buy something... anyways... the display will deffenetly sorry to say have any card readers.. thats not Apple style... but the iSight... just take my word for it... it will added to the displays... we can only wish for bigger and thinner displays. but if u look at all the other new intel computers... isight has been integrated into the screen... and it is 100% needed for the new fetures in Leopard like frontrow and ichat specialy now that they even mentioned that they will be bondeling it with the OS for those even without a camera...

Magnus · 22nd August 2006, 07:59

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Originally Posted by Appleholic

i wish we can have a word with IMC or whatever they are called... regarding the way they sell and there pricing, i would realy love to something about it, because it seems like thats the only thing that prevents costemers in the UAE to rethink or move further away from apple products.

If you write down the points you want to get across to IMC, we'll bring them with us when we meet with them next. We try to have a meeting with IMC representatives once in a while since they are for all intents and purposes Apple here, and we are the only active Apple community here. The more users we get on the site and members we get for the user group the more influence we can have

snow7 · 24th August 2006, 02:35

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Originally Posted by iDubai

It usually takes they 15 months to come up with new screens. Right!

Right! Actually, nope! Macrumors has a nice guide where they show the expected release dates of newer revisions of Apple products.

Appleholic · 24th August 2006, 07:34

yaaaa Macrumors site was tight.. MacUAE shoed it to me in person... now i check it all the time... cause i used to just read the main page of that site and never explored that site anymore than the first page with all the hedlines..lol

27th June 2006, 10:30	#1 (permalink)
iDubai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hidding in Nadd Alhamar Posts: 818	New Cinema Display w/iSight? Back in Sep 05, I purchased my Dual 2.7 G5, Exactly the same day, they have released the Quad version. That was really annoying as i wanted to get the 30" too. So I decided to wait. When are they going to change the Cinema Display! Are they going to integrate the iSight? Will there be a 42" Display! I just like the Huge screen in my office It usually takes they 15 months to come up with new screens. Right!

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Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 8,402	Thinner would be nice obviously. Built-in iSight? Sure, why not. That seems to be the way they are going with everything and it won't cost them much to put it in there since the built-in iSight is now mass-produced so it can be put in all the Macs. One thing I've liked about Dell monitors, apart from a much lower price than the Cinema Displays, is the built-in card readers. Sure I have an external USB card reader but not having to have it attached would be convenient. And more USB and Firewire ports, please, Apple, so I can do away with an external USB hub. What are pros interested in? Perhaps some built-in physical color-matching technology? I know if you stick with ColorSync you get pretty good matching, but for those who really need to accurately match colors I guess there's no substitute for a physical color-matching device. But I think that'll be a small segment of Apple's customers so it won't happen. Other than that? Why not make the Cinema Displays pressure sensitive? Sell a special clear cover for the surface and let people use it as a tablet, basically. There are so many who buy something like a Wacom tablet to use with their Macs. Why not use the 30" for that? Last edited by Magnus : 21st August 2006 at 16:56. Reason: spelling

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21st August 2006, 16:22	#3 (permalink)
MacUAE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 353	Well... they have iSight built in the new MacBook Pro... and thats a professional notebook. Only time will tell.

21st August 2006, 17:02	#5 (permalink)
crystal Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 412	Well only time will tell what they are doing, but Apple did drop the price of the Cinema Displays, so one can hope that a new one is on the way.

24th August 2006, 07:34	#9 (permalink)
Appleholic Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 1,406	yaaaa Macrumors site was tight.. MacUAE shoed it to me in person... now i check it all the time... cause i used to just read the main page of that site and never explored that site anymore than the first page with all the hedlines..lol