Monitor choice?

David -

I’ve been using my 20” for a few years and am happy with it. It calibrates nicely and is a pretty close match to my prints.

i got the 23 which i guess is the same, just a big larger. fine with me. a bit to bright on the eyes after 10 hours in front of it… they do calibrate pretty well. i use syder2pro. its pretty strong as well, i put in the belly of a plane on long intercontinental flights, using its original packaging and it holds fine.

I’d look at the Eizo range before considering the rarely updated Apple displays. That’s what I’ll be doing to go with my MacBook Pro.

All the Apple Cinema displays are good for photo work, having high quality S-IPS screens. They are long-overdue for an update, but there’s no clear sign that new ones are coming. If your need isn’t urgent, I’d suggest holding off on buying until the Mac WWDC conference on June 9-13 in San Francisco, just on the offchance Apple releases something new. If not then get one now and am sure you’ll be happy with it.

On another note, The iMac 24” also has a good screen (H-IPS) so long as you don’t mind glossy, which of course some people do. What photographers should avoid is the new 20” iMac because they use the lower-quality (at least in terms of color rendition) TN screens.

Dont go for a apple display, I had three (20”) of them, gave them back, they all had a rose touch when working on a white surface. eizo 2111, is great screen.