Adam,
The Dell may have a nice stand and be a very high quality monitor, I
didn't say no to that. I just hate the stupid sneering bullshit every
time Apple is mentioned. It's a waste of time and aggravating to keep
hearing for no reason.
I am quite sure that a few of the additional features in the Apple
monitors, and their QC, does adds cost to the monitors. Whether it
is worth it to you, well, I can't tell you that. I do know, however,
that there are differences in the quality of components and build as
I had both monitors apart in the lab when I was there.
I don't boost anything. I just report what I my experience is. I have
had several different, non-Apple branded monitors over the years, as
has my brother. My brother's Sony and Dell monitors don't come up to
the standard of this one, and he's thinking of switching to the Apple
Cinema Display 20" because of that. He resisted buying one due to the
price too.
Godfrey
On Dec 14, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
Godfrey,
Apple does have some pricing issues with their monitors. Especially
the 20" which can be had for damned near half the cost from Dell
($599CDN from Dell, vs $999CDN from Apple here in Ontario during
the current sale, the Dell is normally $749 but I've never seen it
retail for that and 1 day sales have had it as low as $500-ish here
in Canada) for the exact same panel (And since the Apple-provided
circuitry is essentially the plugs and cable, there's little
difference in quality and the Dell offers more features due to a
superior stand).
I'm generally an Apple-booster (Posting this from my eMac running
10.4.3) but I couldn't justify the cost of the Apple displays when
I can get the same panel elsewhere for 40% less. And since there's
far less variability between displays with the same LCD panel than
there was with CRT displays sharing a tube, such economy doesn't
actually cost you anything except a potentially cheap cable and
enclosure.
-Adam
