lavaheadache
Diamond Member
I responded to an ad in my local Craigslist for an Apple Cinema 30 for $200. Ad was only up for a few minutes so I figured I would call and see if it was a scam or not.
Turns out it was legit and some older lady was just upgrading her consulting office screens. She told me she had a few monitors she wanted to get rid of cause her husband was treating her to new ones. Turns out she had 3 different Cinema displays that she was tyring to move. A 2007 30", 2010 27" and last a 2010 24". All monitors were in pristine condition and the 2 "smaller" ones still had boxes. Here's the best part..... I walked out with all 3 for $650. I still can't believe it. I already sold the 30" to a friend cause there isn't enough room on my desk for my current U3011 and that one. I let him have it for $350 still a steal in my book. Now I gotta move this 24" and I'll end up with a "free" 27 2560x1440 cinema display. God I love craigslist.
Now with the gloating aside, the 27 is a little cartoony out of box. Esp. compared to the factory color calibrated U3011. I'm having a hard time finding windows drivers for the monitor that will allow me to tweak the color, sadly the display has no OSD whatsoever. The 24" actually looks real close to the U3011 but it is simply too small in contrast. Having had a 30" for nearly 5 years going back is tough. Even the 27 feels very narrow in comparison but the pixel density is impressive.
Turns out it was legit and some older lady was just upgrading her consulting office screens. She told me she had a few monitors she wanted to get rid of cause her husband was treating her to new ones. Turns out she had 3 different Cinema displays that she was tyring to move. A 2007 30", 2010 27" and last a 2010 24". All monitors were in pristine condition and the 2 "smaller" ones still had boxes. Here's the best part..... I walked out with all 3 for $650. I still can't believe it. I already sold the 30" to a friend cause there isn't enough room on my desk for my current U3011 and that one. I let him have it for $350 still a steal in my book. Now I gotta move this 24" and I'll end up with a "free" 27 2560x1440 cinema display. God I love craigslist.
Now with the gloating aside, the 27 is a little cartoony out of box. Esp. compared to the factory color calibrated U3011. I'm having a hard time finding windows drivers for the monitor that will allow me to tweak the color, sadly the display has no OSD whatsoever. The 24" actually looks real close to the U3011 but it is simply too small in contrast. Having had a 30" for nearly 5 years going back is tough. Even the 27 feels very narrow in comparison but the pixel density is impressive.
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