Comments on: My MacBook Air's New Best Friend: Apple 24-Inch LED Cinema Display http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: p http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167816 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:13:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167816 try the Gefen dvi to mini dp converter along with your micro dvi to dvi connecter that came with your air.. i am using this setup and it works…

]]> By: Pogoplug: My MacBook Air’s Second New Best Friend http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167815 Fri, 22 May 2009 00:07:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167815 [...] device has helped me overcome the space limitations of my MacBook Air. If you own a MacBook Air, just like the Apple Display, Pogoplug is a must-have add-on. And even if you don’t own a MacBook Air, you still should [...]

]]> By: darli http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167814 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:00:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167814 same here! apple should have given ample info about the incompatibility of the Macbook air (first gen) and the new 24´s

]]> By: Lionel http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167813 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:26:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167813 Adam

I have a Macbook Air (first Generation) and the 24″ display does not work because of the mirco DVI standard. The worst part is that Apple does not have any converters and because is a proprietary interface, no one does. So I’m stuck with a 24″ monitor that I can not use. My wife go the new MacBook Air and she is happy.

Does any one have any advice.

Cheers

]]> By: Jim http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167812 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:26:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167812 I have this setup and it changed the way I use computers (at work and home). I connect to Ethernet by the USB-to-Ethernet adapter. In addition I use the wireless keyboard and mouse. I love the system and I am willing to pay a little more for the features, e.g., Ethernet permanently attached to the monitor, and the greenness of an LED display. LED is more expensive, but much better.

In addition I backup to my work servers using rsync upon arrival and when leaving, which only takes a few seconds. I no longer worry about losing data or syncing multiple machines. At home I plug in the same way.

I take the Air with me (almost) everywhere since it is so light.

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167811 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:51:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167811 Nice setup. Looks gorgeous.

]]> By: rudy yniguez http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167810 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:59:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167810 Gee, I don’t know much about Apple, but I can dig the Roxy Music.

]]> By: Nicholas http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167809 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:10:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167809 If I may say, that you would be lucky to unload a Windows box for more than fifty bucks (I jest slightly) after 6 months of use, whereas several years down the road, a Mac retains a good chunk of its value. As with buying an overpriced, snooty BMW, they just so happen to have a market after the shine wears off.

I have an Air, version 1.0, and it was a great purchase. It is light, reasonably fast, and when I present everybody wants to lick it. So there!

]]> By: ChrisS http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167808 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:45:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167808 Om, it is hard at first. It takes about a week to get used to the 30″. I found I had to relearn how to look at my screen. Learn how to not focus on all of the screen at once. Your peripheral vision comes into play. You’ll be more visually active, like driving rather than reading a book. Try investing the time. You’ll get the savings later. Multi-tasking gets redefined.

Shortly will be running my 30″ flanked by two previously shelved 20″ 1200×1600 (rotated 90) via a USB DisplayLink adapter (hub friendly). Running at 4960×1600 will again take some relearning, but the efficiencies gained will be another jump forward. Freaky part is you could do this of your tiny MBA!

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167807 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:26:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167807 Adam

This is the first Apple display I have considered buying… to be honest, I don’t care much for their other models. I love how this has turned my MBA into an only device. Now if I could get the 256 SSD for my MBA that would make life better.

PS: I tried the 30-inch and to be honest it was too much for me. I am not sure if I can handle that much real estate.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167806 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:25:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167806 Hah…. Well you do have a pretty good set-top. I like the Bose speakers. Pretty awesome.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167805 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:22:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167805 ChrisS totally agreed on the Apple’s mini-display port to dual DVI adapter not working. I think the only people I can recommend this to: people with Macbook air or Macbooks. I love my MBA too much and this helps overcome all its shortcomings.

On Apple’s use of proprietary technologies — well that’s what they do. I think good tip on the display connections standards… we should write a blog post around that.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167804 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:19:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167804 Hey buddy no such problems for me. It works as advertised right out of the box.

]]> By: Angus Dei http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167803 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:17:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167803 Multiple issues here. This is a consumer device, and right now Apple has NOTHING for pro audio and video applications. I don’t give a hot flying flapjack how good the speakers are, I’m going to be monitoring through Tannoy or Turbosound pro audio units. Please give me a monitor with NO SPEAKERS. I don’t want to pay for something I’ll never ever use.

Where is the really large display? The 30″ Cinema HD is history, as is the 20″, with no replacements in sight. I assume they are coming, but what the heck?

Beautiful shiny display. Pity that glossy displays stink to high heaven. If Apple doesn’t give me a matte display surface, buh-by, I’ll get my first non-Apple display since I used PC’s back in the Windows 3.1 era. Wait, scratch that, the old 30″ units will plunge in price when they are replaced, so I’ll buy them off of “that auction site.”

It used to be that Apple made artists at least a secondary priority. What happened there? Now everything they make seems to be aimed at college students and trust fund slackers.

]]> By: Adam Jackson http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167802 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:59:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167802 I think if you have an MBA, the 24″ is perfect but I’ve always given startups hell when I enter into their offices and they’re using Apple monitors. These days, they’ve wised up and Dell monitors are becoming more popuarity because they’re sometimes 50% cheaper than Apple’s offering.

At work, I have a 2.93Ghz MacBook Pro (15″ w/ 256GB SSD). I have it hooked up via DisplayPort to a 30″ Dell 3008WFP monitor. It has DisplayPort, DVI and HDMI. Yes 30″ seems like overkill at first but it’s a totally new experience. Additionally, my 30″ was only $1099 ($200 more than apple’s 24″). I got 10+ ports, 6″ extra space and it’s still all aluminum and very fashion forward design.

Just sayin…. Dell is the way to go in my opinion.

]]> By: gp http://gigaom.com/2009/04/17/my-macbook-airs-new-best-friend-apple-24-inch-led-cinema-display/#comment-167801 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:57:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=46231#comment-167801 mine is similar setup with sony vaio and 24 inch samsung monitor with cordless logitech mouse and keyboard with altec lansing 5 +1 speakers ….total cost being around 1400 $ …OS is customized Ubuntu distro (linux) which is inspired by mac os x (i call it kickbista linux ..bcos i was forced to install linux on it bcos Vista issues …you can see screen shot here http://pagux.com/pics/linuxosx.png and here http://pagux.com/pics/linuxosx.png ) …. you can say its poor man set-up ;-) ….but I am sure at-least I better off than M$ Lauren and Gapapo

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