I find this thread very interesting, as I've had the original Apple Studio Display since 1998 and an Anniv. Mac since 1999, both from MacMall, for $1999 and $1299...both new and sealed.
Guess what? they're both still in perfect shape to this day. The ASD (the first of it's kind. XGA res., self-calibration via. ADB, S-Video input which came in very handy when my Phillips POS 37" LCD HDTV just stopped working...how I miss the Ambilight feature...AND it was the first Mac product that is totally translucent, in a stunning mix of purplish-blue & blackish-blue, with a gorgeous original Apple multi- color logo where an iSight would be) was for my 8500/120mhz604/2x300mhz604eMach5+/550mhzG4 on switchable daughtercards/ 128 RAM/4 MB VRAM On-Board/Apple 12" 166 MHZ Pentium Card with 72 RAM n ATI Mach64 graphics for NeXTSTEP 4/ATI RAGE 128 16MB PCI/FW400&USB2 PCI Card (love that thing...was my main system till 2006 when I got my Mac Pro 4-Core Xeon system; now it's for OS 7.6 (to play with all the Tech of the time, some builds of Copland, BeOS PR & 5.2a, Rhapsody DR 1 & 2, OS 9 for classic apps/PC Card for NeXTSTEP, Win98SE, Rhapsody Intel, Win2k which I still HAVE to use for work/OS X DP3 & DP4, 10.4.11 Tiger...), so while I'm still forced to use it for work and my Web Server, it's my favorite machine; literally a "Time Machine". The TAM was a total impulse buy. I was going to buy a new G4/500 when it was announced, but when they couldn't get the G4 and I was on the phone with them flipping through their mag and saw the TAM for $1299, that was it. They were already making upgrades for it and I was in love. Had them install a Sonnet G3 card in it, and in 2002 I upgraded it to OS X and threw a FW400/USB2 PCI Card in it, using one USB Port for 802.11g AirPort and yes, it's fast, stable, and the display is bright and crisp (OS X in 800 x 600 actually can be made to work quite well...just made everything smaller with tinkertool); BTW it's my office entertainment center with iTunes and Apple Video Player / Apple FM Tuner running through Classic. Awesome BOSE audio and great with video. That unit gets NO display downtime; just has a screensaver going all night. I thought LCDs couldn't burn out...It may have taken me a while, but thx ppl- now I've set my 8500 with the ASD, tfe TAM, and the Pro workstation with my two Apple HD 23 panels to go off. But also remember; it's been 10 years and they're both perfect, crisp, and bright. I hope Apple used the same supplier on the HD Cinemas as they did for the ASD and TAM. But hey, if the TAM display goes, I'll get a hi-res 12-incher to put in there and create something truly amazing with that machine. In person it's obvious there was never another PC or Mac with that level of industrial design ever produced; I couldn't even part with the boxes. Joey. Sent from Joey's iPhone 3G 2.1 on AT&T's all-new wireless network. Visit www.apple.com/iphone for more information. Apple & AT&T - Raising the Bar. On Dec 1, 2008, at 3:46 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Dec 1, 1:26 am, Kris Tilford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Newer LCDs are now lit with LEDs that last almost forever, so this >> shouldn't be an issue in the future, > > Don't believe all the hype about LED lighting. It's getting there, > but it isn't there yet. > > If you read the datasheets for the high intensity (HI) LEDs on the > manufacturer's sites you will find that they predict a 50,000 hour > lifetime to 70% brightness. A good fluorescent tube has a > *specified* lifetime of 30,000 hours to 80% brightness. > > The manufacturers give no information on whether that decay to 70% > brightness is linear, front-loaded or rear-loaded. So they last a > long time, but not forever. > > The HI LEDs currently on the market are barely as energy efficient as > good high intensity fluorescents, although they may be better than the > tubes used in LCD displays. Compared to HO T5 fluorescent room/ > aquarium/greenhouse lighting they are still behind. > > The equipment cost for the latest HI LEDs is 15 - 20 times as high per > available light intensity as fluorescent, although, again, the > comparison may be different in applications specific to LCD panels > where 12V supply may already be available and so represent a cost > savings over providing a ballast equivalent for fluorescent tubes. > However, the LED cost for 5000 lumens of light is about $300 - $400 > where the fluorescent tube cost is about $20, that's ignoring power > supplies. > > There are some better LEDs in the labs which haven't made it into mass > production yet, and the technology is improving quickly. But it is > not better than fluorescent. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. 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