Apple cinema displays?

[Scott Garman]

On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 13:34 -0400, Scott Garman wrote:
> Does anyone on this list have an Apple cinema display working with their
> Linux box? I'm considering picking up the 20" model but I'm reading
> conflicting reports about its compatibility with Linux. 

I thought I'd follow up on this in case anyone was interested. I decided
against the Apple cinema display after I learned that Dell is selling
20" widescreens that use the exact same LCD screen for hundreds less.
This review did a head-to-head comparison between the Cinema 20" and
Dell's 2005FPW:

http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2400

I also heard from one list member off-list that his previous generation
of the cinema display had problems going into sleep/standby/off with
Linux. 

A few days later, a friend of mine pointed me to a couple of coupon
codes that could be used for the 2005FPW that he saw on digg.com. I took
the plunge and bought the Dell for $394 including shipping on Friday
night, and it was delivered today. 

Linux compatibility is perfect with Ubuntu Hoary. All I had to do was
add the 1680x1050 resolution to my xorg.conf file and it's working like
a champ. And this LCD display is jaw-dropping, to say the least, and
that price is unbeatable. I highly recommend it. 

Regards,

Scott

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Scott Garman
sgarman at iname dot com