Refurbished Apple Cinema Displays?

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Refurbished Apple Cinema Displays?

Hello,

I am thinking of buying a refurbished display. Given that the current design came out in 2004, and there have been incremental updates to it since -- when you buy a refurbished model, is it a crap shoot as to whether you will get a 2004 original version or a 2006 incremental update version? Or are you pretty much guaranteed to get the latest model, just refurbished? Did the model numbers change when Apple made the incremental updates?

Thanks.

MacBook Pro 15", 2.2 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Santa Rosa, Mac OS X (10.5.2), running Vista 32-bit on Fusion

Posted on May 16, 2008 6:44 AM

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japamac

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May 16, 2008 5:39 PM in response to jmFightSpam

Hi-

No model number change. The only way of knowing is by the production date.

is it a crap shoot as to whether you will get a 2004 original version or a 2006 incremental update version?

Most likely, Yes. However, since refurbs are warranty returns, later models are probably the norm.

If the spec's of the refurb include a 700:1 contrast ratio and 14ms response time, then this is the later spec.....

The ACD from 2004-2006 had these specs:
Brightness: 250 cd/m2
Contrast ratio: 400:1
Response time: 16 ms
Pixel pitch: 0.258 mm
( Reference Apple Matters )

The specs of the latest ACD's are:
Brightness: 400 cd/m2
Contrast ratio: 700:1
Response time: 14 ms
Pixel pitch : 0.258 mm
( Reference Apple Tech Specs )

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