Is screen rotation supported on v10.4 that the rest of us mere mortals are using? ;)

Just curious, why did you buy the Dell version of the Cinema Display? Better price?

Posted by Jon on 10 May 2005 @ 9am

Is screen rotation supported on v10.4 that the rest of us mere mortals are using?

Yep. You, too, can have your screen sideways. :)

Just curious, why did you buy the Dell version of the Cinema Display? Better price?

Absolutely. The price difference is unbelievable. This screen was, IIRC, $400 and change — the exact same thing from Apple would have run me $1300, only without the physical ability to rotate the screen. Granted, it’d be a much sexier monitor, but that ain’t work $800. :)

I love this monitor, BTW. I can’t say enough good things about it.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 10 May 2005 @ 3pm

Wow — this seems like it is too good to be true! I looked, and can’t find a Dell display on their website that seems to match your description. They have what appears to be superficially similar to a 20″ cinema display for $560 on their educational store, and one that appears to be similar to the 23″ cinema display for $1020. Are you sure you didn’t get the 20″ version from Dell?

$560 is still better than the $700 for the 20″ cinema display from Apple, but I don’t think anyone is selling 23″ displays for $400 yet, although I could be wrong!

Posted by Chris on 10 May 2005 @ 4pm

Nope, it really is the 23″. The trick is that you’ve got to keep an eye on the Dell price (which fluctuates wildly), the various sale websites and combine a pair of coupons. I used two coupons to get the price so low. You can read more at Macintouch, which has prompted lots and lots of us Apple folk to get one of these screens.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 10 May 2005 @ 4pm

For soem reason I can’t get Dead or Alive’s song out of my head now. “You spin me right round baby right round…”

It’s gonna be a long day…

Posted by John Athayde on 11 May 2005 @ 4pm

I face a screen that’s as tall as my forearm is long, but only one and a half hands wide.

Hey, use some proper English units, like hogsheads and rods. ;)

Thanks for sharing. The new Mac OS does indeed rock.

Posted by Duane Gran on 17 May 2005 @ 8am