Comments on: Dell 20″ Flat Panel under $500 $400

By: Alderete

Alderete — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:32:09 +0000

Sunny: I haven’t had any problems with the display causing an increase in temperature on my system (15” PowerBook Al); it’s still around 112° during normal use, which is way under the point where my fan comes on.

I’m currently using Mac OS X 10.3.9, and don’t do anything particularly graphics intensive. I don’t know if this will continue to be true when I upgrade to Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” which will make more use of the graphics chip to accelerate my display, even during normal use (this is one of Tiger’s great new features). Might run a little hotter then; I’ll keep an eye out!

By: Michael Tsai

Michael Tsai — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:56:33 +0000

Thanks, Michael! I took advantage of the sub-$400 offer, it arrived yesterday, and it’s great. The color is much better than on the 17” Apple display that I’m using as a second screen, and the base takes up less desk space.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Tue, 31 May 2005 07:52:23 +0000

Does your 15” PB heat up when its driving the display while being folded? I am also considering a similar setup. Any advice would help!

By: SH

SH — Thu, 26 May 2005 15:39:19 +0000

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Dell UltraSharp 20.1” widescreen LCD display w/DVI for $397 shipped (updated)

By: David G.

David G. — Wed, 25 May 2005 14:16:24 +0000

I just bought the Dell a couple of weeks ago (via a DealMac coupon) for $511 shipped- I thought that was a great deal! This is giving me some serious thoughts about getting another one for 40 inches of LCD goodness…

While I think that the Cinema displays are gorgeous and would look better with my Macs, sometimes fiscal sanity has to take precedence over aesthetics ;)

By: San Bei Ji

San Bei Ji — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:14:45 +0000

Twenty inches

Michael has the skinny on a great-looking monitor deal. Damn – now I want to trade in my NEC!…