Apple displays are a perfect companion for your new Mac Pro. And now it’s even easier to use one as a second display for your MacBook Pro, MacBook, iMac, or Mac mini — or even your PC. Using a pure digital signal over an industry-standard DVI connector, Apple flat-panel displays deliver the maximum visual quality possible.
Pure Signal
When you need to manipulate color in any medium, image distortion is not an option. As you move to monitors with higher resolutions or longer cables, analog conversion problems caused by a VGA connection become progressively worse. These issues fade away with an all-digital signal. DVI transmits a digital signal from a digital location in the graphics card to a digital location on the display screen. So you get the full clarity and stability of liquid crystal technology — with sharp, clear pixels.
Lose Controls
With a VGA connection, you have to futz with controls for power, brightness and contrast, fine tracking and coarse tracking, white and black balance controls, as well as horizontal and vertical positions. Not so on an Apple display. Tucked away on the side are the only controls you really need: brightness and power. So you can save your control-freak tendencies for where they really matter — your work.
Dual-Link DVI
The 30-inch Cinema HD Display, with its massive load of pixels, requires a graphics cards with dual-link DVI connectivity. No problem. No matter which graphics card you choose for the new Mac Pro, you’ll be able to connect two Apple Cinema Displays, including at least one 30-inch model. And with either the ATI Radeon X1900 XT or the workstation-class NVIDIA Quadro FX4500, you can connect one 30-inch display to each of their dual-link DVI ports.
The new MacBook Pro with its ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 is ready to connect as well. Designed specifically for the dual-link DVI connection, this graphics card supports awe-inspiring 2560-by-1600 resolution.
Power on Display
Drive the 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display or the 20-inch Apple Cinema Display from any MacBook or MacBook Pro model; from an iMac or Mac mini; or from other graphics cards sold by Apple that support a single-link DVI signal.
PC Compatible
The same DVI connection removes the barriers to using an Apple display with your PC — provided your graphics card supports DVI with DDC technology for widescreen viewing.