Apple LED Cinema Display 24" (2008)
Apple's first Cinema Display with LED backlighting and Mini DisplayPort: 24 inches designed as a docking station for the new MacBooks.
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Specs
| Panel | 24" LED-backlit LCD, 1920×1200, 16:10 |
| Connectivity | Mini DisplayPort; integrated MagSafe charger; three self-powered USB 2.0 ports |
| Extras | iSight camera, microphone and stereo speakers |
Launch
Apple unveiled it on October 14, 2008 at a press event on its Cupertino campus, alongside the new unibody MacBooks, per Macworld's report; Jobs showed it saying "It's gorgeous". Per the press release, it cost $899 and would ship in November.
Marketing
Apple's release called it, in Phil Schiller's words, the most advanced display Apple had ever made, with built-in iSight camera, microphone and speakers and a MagSafe charger so the notebook adapter could stay in the travel bag. It debuted the Mini DisplayPort, described in the release as ten percent the size of a DVI connector. Apple also presented it as its greenest display yet: mercury-free LED backlighting, arsenic-free glass, Energy Star 4.0, EPEAT Gold, PVC-free components and 44 percent less foam packaging.
Flaws and fixes
Per Wikipedia, it used edge-lit LED backlighting and was officially compatible with Macs with Mini DisplayPort. Matte panels left the range with it, except on the 30-inch. On July 26, 2010 it was replaced by the 27-inch LED Cinema Display (2560×1440, $999).