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View Poll Results: What would you pick?
Dual Monitor set-up with two HP 25.5 inch 8 88.89%
Single Monitor- 30 inch Apple Cinema Display 1 11.11%
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      08-21-2009, 07:22 PM   #1
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Help me choose the best monitor set-up for work

I've narrowed it down to the following 2 options (pictures are not actual size- Apple is 4.5 inches bigger in real life)

1. Two 25.5 inch HP monitors in a side by side setup ~$1000
2. One 30 inch Apple Cinema Display ~$1800

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HP Pavilion 25.5" Diagonally Wide LCD
25.5" BriteView LCD / 1920x1200 Resolution / 3ms (G-to-G typical) Response Time / Built-in 1.3-Megapixel Webcam /

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Apple M9179LL/A 30" LCD Cinema Display
A 30 inch LCD monitor with a native resolution of 2560x1600 / Contrast Ratio - 700:1 / 2-Port USB 2.0 & 2-Port FireWire 400 Hub Built-in / PC & Mac
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      08-21-2009, 07:27 PM   #2
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meh, apple displays are overpriced and aren't any more special than many other brands out there. i opted for dual samsung's and the quality is excellent for a fraction of the cost.
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i've recently discovered that having a dual monitor set up is much more convenient and easier to organize what you're viewing. although i'm using two 19" standard format piece of shit viewsonic monitors

play on left, work on right

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Looks like The dual HPs are the clear winners. Surprised there wasn't at least one applr fanboy voting...
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      08-22-2009, 11:53 AM   #5
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Looks like The dual HPs are the clear winners. Surprised there wasn't at least one applr fanboy voting...
lol I've seen both in real life and the apple monitor shits on it. So clear and huge screen. I'd rather get the cinema display.
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