Comments on: Review: Dell 30-inch LCD Display

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[...] is that it’s deep and I don’t have to be so close to the monitor. I originally sold my old 30-inch Dell LCD because my desk wasn’t deep enough to comfortably use it. I’ve been using a 24-inch [...]

By: Mitchell Stuart

Mitchell Stuart — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:43:52 +0000

I have a late 2007 macbook pro and have been running the DELL 30 inch monitor for 2 years with no problems… up until 2 weeks ago. It has decided to go black on occassion, and has now gone black and won’t come back. ( DVI ) I’ve tried everything. Like previous writers, the computer recognizes it, in mac and pc and will let me adjust setting etc.

2 weeks ago I did a routine software update from mac. I believe they changed configurations as many other of my applications eg. shapshifter no longer works and my DELL is on but black……any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did Mac do this?

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Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:49:25 +0000

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By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:27:56 +0000

correction: adapter, not cable

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:27:24 +0000

James – you need the $99 Apple mini-display port to dual-link DVI cable.

By: James Ryer

James Ryer — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:24:57 +0000

I have the new Macbook Pro that just came out. It does not have a DVI out like on the older MacBook pro but an adapter that connects to a smaller (lloks almost like a firewire) port. I hooked up the 3007WFPHC to it and the max resolution I am seeing is 1280 x 800 which is less than what I get on the Macbook Pro built in LCD. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

By: jimmy chan

jimmy chan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:54:22 +0000

Thank you!!!

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:02:01 +0000

Nope don’t need anything than a DVI cable that comes with the display.

By: jimmy chan

jimmy chan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:02:39 +0000

Hi Paul,
Thank you very much, do I need any accessory to hook up them?

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:04:22 +0000

Jimmy – Your MacBook Pro is dual-link DVI (I had a similar setup in this post) and will work just fine with a 3007WFPHC.

By: jimmy chan

jimmy chan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:33:50 +0000

Hi Paul,
I bought an Apple 24” LED display and can’t connect to my one year old MacBook Pro. I call Apple technical support line, and technician told me to get a Mini PortDisplay to DVI adapter to connect them, but it was a wrong adapter. Now I know can’t get that kind of adapter any where in the world.
I’d like to get a Dell 3007WFPHC display as an external monitor for my MacBook Pro 2.2GHZ Core 2 DUO. Please help me; I’m not sure my Macbook Pro has a Dual-Link DVI connection as you mentioned it; do I need any accessory to install them? Happy New Year,
Best regards,
Jimmy,

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Review: 2.53GHz Apple MacBook Pro - PaulStamatiou.com — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:52:12 +0000

[...] Unfortunately, Apple does make you pay for the mini DisplayPort adapters. It cost me $30 for the Mini-DP to DVI adapter, and it’ll cost $100 for the Mini-DP to Dual-Link DVI adapter if you have a 30-inch display requiring a dual-link connection. [...]

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:53:44 +0000

@Chris – if you are referring to the brand new MBP with displayport – you will need Apple’s $100 mini-displayport to dual-link dvi adapter.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:51:22 +0000

I have a Dell 30″ monitor that I bought 2 years ago. I just bought a Macbook Pro 15″ and want to connect this monitor to the notebook. I cant find the proper cable. Can you please advise where I can fid this?

thanks

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[...] of what you shouldn’t do, but I have the 2.2GHz MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM that I dock to a 30-inch Dell LCD when I’m not in class. I had a regular MacBook for a year alongside a 24-inch iMac as my main [...]

By: JB

JB — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:34:44 +0000

I actually won two of these and now dread the next time I might have to actually spend my own money buying monitors. Hopefully these will last a few years.

Great article.

By: jane

jane — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:29:32 +0000

Paul, how did you get the mac capable drivers for this?

By: Free Cell Wallpapers

Free Cell Wallpapers — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:54:43 +0000

Holly Mother of God! That is a nice screen (I know I am replying a bit late but just found this post!) but I have a question how do you connect a external keyboard to your laptop with the laptop screen down??

By: charles

charles — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:08:02 +0000

Apple Mac and DELL are your best choice, i think

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By: Elliott Cost

Elliott Cost — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:57:55 +0000

I’m trying to buy the same monitor and I was just wondering if you got a student discount on your purchase. If so, how much did you get off? Thanks in advance.

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By: Blaze

Blaze — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:20:11 +0000

I’ve just got my Dell 30″ this week and connected to my new Macbook Pro 15″ (running Win XP) – what a fantastic setup! Everything worked perfectly out of the box, setting up Bootcamp, installing XP, installing and running all my apps and finally attatching the 30″ monitor and having it work straightaway – sweet!

The MBP’s ability to drive a big monitor was one of the main reasons for buying this laptop rather than a dell or something else, but I have to say it’s the nicest laptop I’ve used.

Thanks for your review Paul, it gave me the confidence to go ahead and order this setup and I’m very happy with it.

By: stephen

stephen — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:40:12 +0000

Paul, i’m wondering if you were ever able to test that color saturation thing as mentioned by BlakkJakk.

I dont imagine your still on vacation. ;)

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