My word, I miss transparency in Apple products: At this point, Apple’s entire line had transitioned to flat screens, with three models: In May 2001, a 17-inch Studio Display (LCD) was added to the line. This edition kept the 15-inch panel, but wrapped it in the same enclosure introduced the year before for the Cinema Display.
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In July of 2000, to coincide with the launch of the Power Mac G4 Cube, 1 the Studio Display was reworked to match the larger and more expensive Cinema Display. In a way, it was the precursor to what we have today in standards like Thunderbolt. It wrapped power, DVI and USB into one connector for easy set up. And I suspect that if Apple could have made it wireless, it would have.ĪDC is just one chapter in the long story of weird Apple display standards. It’s as elemental as computer display devices get these days: a flat, thin panel with single cable poking out of the back. If you were to take this monitor back with you a decade or so into the past, it, perhaps more than anything else that exists in the world of computer hardware today, would look impossibly futuristic and magical. It has a single cord coming from the back of it: an ADC cable. Its screen area is 22-inches on the diagonal and its thickness varies from 1.25 inches on the edges to about 2 inches in the center. Even if you don’t yet know that you want this monitor, trust me, you do. Let me start by saying one undeniable thing about the 22-inch Apple Cinema Display digital active matrix LCD: you want this monitor. John Siracusa reviewed the display alongside the Power Mac G4 Cube for Ars Technica about a year after its release: Like the 15-inch Studio Display before it, it underwent a connection change, moving from DVI to ADC later in its life.
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This display initially sold for $3,999 (or $6,901.13 in Pro Display XDR 2022 money) and had a resolution of 1600 x 1024. It was designed so that it was easy to change this angle, but that the display would hold its place on almost any desk surface. Around back was a leg on a hinge that could be used to adjust the tilt of the monitor. The panel itself was enclosed in an acrylic housing with two clear feet that were fixed in place. This image is actually from 2003, but the design featured here was basically the same as the 1999 model. It introduced a new design language that would last for nearly five years: In September of 1999, (alongside the Power Mac G4) Apple released a 22-inch LCD named the Apple Cinema Display. Skip to about 36:30 in this video.) 1999: Apple Cinema Display
(Amazingly, this display - wrapped in beige plastic - was teased in 1997 by none other than Jonathan Ive and Phil Schiller. B LCD is my favorite from the time period: The time the Blue and White G3 as well as the initial batch of Power Mac G4s had matching CRTs, but the Rev. C (August 1999): Used DVI and included 2 USB ports and was styled to match the early Power Mac G4 B (January 1999): Used VGA and came in new styling to Match the Blue and White G3, as seen below.
Included ADB ports, as well a RCA jack for extra connectivity. A: Used a DB-15 connector and came in a graphite finish. This Studio Display would end up spanning the change from beige plastic to more colorful designs, and would ship in three distinct Revisions:
Whether you’re a multimedia content creator, a designer, a writer, an educator, or an accountant, the Apple Studio Display can make your job look a lot better to you - and vice versa. The result is a high-performance flat-panel display that’s ideal for anyone who spends a lot of time manipulating text, graphics, and other media on-screen. The Apple Studio Display combines state-of-the-art digital imaging technology with advanced software-based features unique to Apple. Here’s how Apple pitched the $1,999 display in marketing materials at the time: In contrast, the Studio Display was a thin-for-the-time LCD perched on a plastic stand. At the time, all of Apple’s external monitors were CRTs wrapped in beige plastic. In March 1998, Apple introduced the Apple Studio Display (15-inch).
1998: Apple Studio Display (15-inch)Īfter the IIc Flat Panel Display, Apple users would need to wait over a decade until the company shipped another external LCD display. At $595, it didn’t sell very well, with estimates putting the number made at just about 10,000 units. With a resolution of 560 x 192, it provided an 80-column text mode and hi-res graphic support, but things were a bit … squished, as you can see in these photos. In April 1984, Apple introduced a 1-bit, 7-inch LCD for use with the somewhat-portable Apple IIc: To celebrate, I thought we could walk through the history of Apple’s standalone flat displays. With the 2022 Apple Studio Display, the company has returned to the display business in a big way.
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