27" LED IPS iMac Ping!
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Posted on 10/27/2009 12:39:23 AM PDT by Swordmaker
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That new iMac with the new monitor sure looks sweet. Wish I could justify it, but my Macs are going strong. I was kind of taken aback at the price, I thought it was going to be like 2500 for the 27.
Actually, I think the 27’’ iMac’s panel is S-IPS, not plain old IPS. That would make it pretty much the only LED backlit S-IPS display on the market.
Put a battery in it, and you’ll have a great 27” laptop with detached keyboard.
Apple execs said during the conference call last week that there was going to be a product coming up on which they were going to take a smaller margin. I suspect it's the 27" with this gorgeous high-quality monitor.
What's the response time of the iMac's monitor?
Dell has a 30" monitor with the same resolution but the response time is slow at 15ms.
Dell 30" LCD with 2560x1600 resolution for $1,200
Dell has a new Samsung 24" flat panel with wireless keyboard and mouse for $199.
I have a 25" off brand ( I-Inc iH-252HPB ) I bought online at CompUSA with instant rebate for $189 a couple of weeks ago and am thrilled with it's price/performance. It allows me to view/edit two 8.5"x11" documents side-by-side with desktop space left over.
Some say the LCD's don't have the color capability of CRT's but neither my wife nor I could tell a difference between the LCD versus Viewsonic 20" CRT or Viewsonic 17" we previously used on our two machines. I couldn't do a true side-by-side test because one of our machines is a 32-bit Dell P4 and the other one is a 64-bit Dell P4 Xeon. Graphics cards while different, are in the same class.
We've been very happy with the 25" LCD but would like to view/edit letter sized documents side-by-side in MS-Word with all toolbars displayed which will drive us to the I-Inc or equivalent 28" for our other PC once we find one on sale in the $250 range.
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At 30.5 pounds plus a battery, I wouldn't want to be shlepping that monster around an airport terminal trying to make my next flight...
Actually, that 2560 by 1600 Dell has more horizontal pixels than the iMac—"27-inch models: 2560 by 1440 pixels "—but the iMac is true 16:9 widescreen movie format rather than the distorted 16:10 of most large screen monitors. Also, the Apple monitor is E-ISP technology, 178º viewing angle with little to no distortion of color or brightness and it's instant-on to full brightness LED backlit instead of CCFL. The Dell monitor on your link seems to have a 8ms response time. nice.
What's the response time of the iMac's monitor?
Looks like 5ms... that's the speed of the E-IPS tech.
That Samsung 25" with keyboard and mouse is a hell of a deal... it's 5ms as well but still CCFL.
May have to retire my G4 “iLamp” for this.
Great line.
For editing documents the color accuracy is not much of an issue, nor is response time, as the documents don’t require complete screen rewrites quickly. For documents raw speed is secondary to the amount of screen real estate available.
I agree that the prices are dropping. I’ve been thinking of getting a cheap second monitor to put next to my iMac just to keep the tool boxes, etc, on.
What have you got against Interstate batteries???
I have one of those in my broom closet office where I hang out on Sat and it is a slug on wireless as it only has 763 ram. What is the max ram for it? I have inherited my late brothers 17” G5 that I may substitute...
Nothing? Why did you ask?
I have one in my '87 Benz that is 5 yrs old and going strong! I posted it because it would have enough power to play all day on the 27"er!
Just funnin ya... I take it you’re not a Bobby LaBonte fan?
Wash out y’ur moutn with Lava!
It's not "distorted" per se. It's actually a perfect aspect ratio for watching 16:9 content in a way that lets the user interface overlay controls not always have to be fading in on top of the actual movie (I hate it when they do that all the time!).
Then when you are not watching video content, you get a desktop that is actually the same aspect as the Golden Ratio, the most aesthetically pleasing rectangular shape.
I know that sounds weird, but the Ancient Greeks figured out a lot about that ratio and in particular why some rectangular shapes just seemed to "feel better" than others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
Personally, I think the LCD makers have begun to make 16:9 screens in order to save a few bucks, not because it makes more sense.
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