Non-Apple monitor compatible with Apple aesthetics?

[radicaldog]

£600+ for an Apple cinema display to hook up my MacBook (soon to be upgraded to a MBPro) seems too much. What are some good options for a decent-looking, full HD, 22-24'' monitor?

I'm not looking for something matchy-matchy, but rather for a screen that would coordinate with the Apple laptop, keyboard and mouse like a pocket square or a tie go with the rest of the day's clothes. For instance, I think that my Apple wireless keyboard and mighty mouse [sic] go well with my black MacBook, even though they don't 'match'.

Cheers.

 

[voxsartoria]

Are you on drugs suddenly?


- B

 

[Dewey]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Are you on drugs suddenly?


- B

I was thinking the same thing. Somebody's hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh

 

[radicaldog]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Are you on drugs suddenly?


- B

Worse: paper deadline day after tomorrow. Major journal, absolutely no motivation. I'd come up with anything to procrastinate -- the paroxystically idiotic the better. I appreciate your concern though.

 

[voxsartoria]

Originally Posted by radicaldog

Worse: paper deadline day after tomorrow. Major journal, absolutely no motivation. I'd come up with anything to procrastinate -- the paroxystically idiotic the better. I appreciate your concern though.

I just lit a candle for you.


- B

 

[scribbles]

Originally Posted by radicaldog

£600+ for an Apple cinema display to hook up my MacBook (soon to be upgraded to a MBPro) seems too much. What are some good options for a decent-looking, full HD, 22-24'' monitor?

I'm not looking for something matchy-matchy, but rather for a screen that would coordinate with the Apple laptop, keyboard and mouse like a pocket square or a tie go with the rest of the day's clothes. For instance, I think that my Apple wireless keyboard and mighty mouse [sic] go well with my black MacBook, even though they don't 'match'.

Cheers.

Don't bother until you update to the MBpro. Your Macbook will **** a brick if you try to hook it up to a monitor that big. I speak from experience.

 

[radicaldog]

Originally Posted by scribbles

Don't bother until you update to the MBpro. Your Macbook will **** a brick if you try to hook it up to a monitor that big. I speak from experience.

Because of the crappy native resolution?

Anyway, I'm getting a MBP 13'' (is it worth getting the one with the faster processor clock -- 2.66 instead of 2.44, I think?). What's my monitor going to be?

 

[terrylondon]

I've been using my MacBook 2.4GHz from 2007 with a 21.5" Asus LCD at 1920x1080 for over a year now. It requires an adapter, but they're cheap from monoprice.com. It runs just fine but I need to upgrade into a MBP to get get CS5 running comfortably.

 

[ap10046]

Originally Posted by radicaldog

Because of the crappy native resolution?

Anyway, I'm getting a MBP 13'' (is it worth getting the one with the faster processor clock -- 2.66 instead of 2.44, I think?). What's my monitor going to be?

I use the 2.26 Ghz version of the Unibody 13" MBP and it is PLENTY quick. I did need to upgrade the HDD though. Got a good deal on a 500GB 7200RPM and it took all of 15 mins to clone and retrofit.

 

[badsha]

How old is your mbpro? If it has a dvi port should be able to output to at least 2048 x 1536. The newer ones (3 yrs old maybe) can power dual-link dvi resolutions up to 2560 x 1600. Samsung has nice 22" LCDs for $200-$250, you can even get a LED 23" Samsung for $330.

 

[MacDaddy]

Originally Posted by terrylondon

I've been using my MacBook 2.4GHz from 2007 with a 21.5" Asus LCD at 1920x1080 for over a year now. It requires an adapter, but they're cheap from monoprice.com. It runs just fine but I need to upgrade into a MBP to get get CS5 running comfortably.
+1 Get a mini-displayport to HDMI adaptor from Monoprice. http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...2802&p_id=5311 and use analog 3.5 mm stereo audio. Don't be concerned by the low native resolution of the Macbook display,the video output to an external display will do full HD 1920x1080 and much higher.I had a standard Macbook 2.2 ghz with 1 gb ram running 10.5.8 hooked up to a Samsung 55" 8500 LED backlit 1080p 240hz display and it looked beautiful.If you want to hook it up to an AV receiver or must use digital audio you can use a mini-displayport to HDMI video and USB or toslink audio,although these 2 adaptors are more expensive than the analog audio setup above but have audio and video on HDMI for a single connector input to the display. http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...2802&p_id=5969 http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2 You can use any monitor,tv,or other display that you want.

 

[scribbles]

^^ If you are just looking to use your MB as a video source, as in for watching movies then you will be fine hooking it up to a large screen. The problem with most regular macbooks is the anemic integrated video card (The newest version doesn't suffer from this flaw, but I haven't really played with it too much due to the MBpro) W/o the dedicated video card, if you are attempting to run dual screens (especially one of that size) while doing any meaningful amount of work there just isn't enough power behind the hardware to keep up with the demands.

 

[radicaldog]

Thanks for the replies. I've got an early 2007 MacBook (black), core 2 duo, 2ghz (I think), 4gb ram. I'll update to a MBPro 13'' (not sure which clock speed to go for) shortly. My use is fairly light: word processing (MS Word and Scrivener), browsing, reference management software, PPT.

 

[MacDaddy]

Originally Posted by scribbles

^^ If you are just looking to use your MB as a video source, as in for watching movies then you will be fine hooking it up to a large screen. The problem with most regular macbooks is the anemic integrated video card (The newest version doesn't suffer from this flaw, but I haven't really played with it too much due to the MBpro) W/o the dedicated video card, if you are attempting to run dual screens (especially one of that size) while doing any meaningful amount of work there just isn't enough power behind the hardware to keep up with the demands.
If he just wants to run an external monitor I would only run an output to it and not drive 2 displays at once,this is where the GPU won't keep up.He's got 4 gigs of ram and his apps aren't very demanding(see previous post from OP directly above).

 

[tailorrmade]

I was looking into purchasing one of these. Seems perfect http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/d...GBjH!343254138