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Ask DN: Apple Thunderbolt Display Alternatives?

over 8 years ago from Ahmed Saleh, UX & Product Design Instructor @ Bitmaker

  • Matt BaxterMatt Baxter, over 8 years ago

    At my work everyone is being switched from a Cinema Display to the Dell Ultra HD 4k monitors (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PC9HFO8/ref=psdc_1292115011_t3_B00P0EQD1Q) and right now they're actually cheaper than the Ultrasharps. They're honestly better than the Cinema Displays right now.

    It's a great monitor and I love having a retina display for my main monitor.

    6 points
    • Gavin AnthonyGavin Anthony, over 8 years ago

      +1 on this monitor. I've had it for about 6 months and I absolutely love it. Only things I've noticed is that color seems pretty saturated. I'm sure color syncing could solve this however.

      Definitely better than the Thunderbolt Display imo.

      1 point
    • Aaron SagrayAaron Sagray, over 8 years ago

      I was thinking about getting one of these at home. Do you know if a Macbook Air with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M can power it?

      0 points
      • E BensleyE Bensley, over 8 years ago

        MacBook Airs didn't come with any dedicated GPU as far as I know. The 15" Pro came with the 650m and that would run fine over DisplayPort. HDMI would only manage 30Hz at 4k.

        1 point
      • Matt BaxterMatt Baxter, over 8 years ago

        When we first started testing them one of my co-workers with a Macbook Air tried it out but it didn't run very well. He ended up swapping with me to use the Cinema Display I had instead.

        0 points