As a sign of how seriously Apple Computer is taking the Thunderbolt interface, they’re going to implement it in an upcoming refresh of their Cinema Displays. This picture was found along with others on Apple’s site showing the Cinema Display connected to Apple products, although they’ve since been removed. The design of the Cinema Display looks identical to the current model, but that doesn’t mean the only difference is the Thunderbolt port.

Apple only offers one freestanding computer monitor model: the 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display (27″ flat panel). Unfortunately, there’s a downside; it sells for a suck-in-your-breath $999, which is pretty stratospheric even taking into account the Dock features. Does the 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display stand up as reasonable value proposition compared with many other elite-featured but cheaper competitors?

Today, Apple released a notice about their cinema display product lines; in particular, the 20-inch model. The notice read: “With immediate effect, the following products are ‘End of Life’ (EOL); Apple 20″ Cinema Display” and “All backlog will be cancelled and there is no automatic order conversion.” Following this, Apple have stopped receiving orders, and have cancelled any previous orders that had yet completed. This move leaves Apple with only two monitors in its line up: the 24 LED display, and the 30-inch Cinema display.

Apple’s latest round of hardware updates brought not only a phenomenal line of notebooks but a new port, the Mini DisplayPort. Apple wants to build momentum for this connection by offering fee-free licensing to any developer interested in using the connection in a product. The Mini DisplayPort is new in many ways for Apple, and more »

I had the chance to test out one of the new Apple 24″ LED Displays a few days ago. The display features new LED backlighting, similar to what Apple used to backlight the previous generation 15″ MacBook Pros. It also features the new Mini Display Port that has been integrated into the new MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and MacBooks, as well as an iSight Camera, integrated speakers and a microphone.

Beside the new MacBook Pro, the 24″ Display looked perfect. The new designs of both products look superb together. It features the same black bezel surrounding the display, and aluminum stand, making it look very similar to the iMacs.

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