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Run Two 30" Apple Cinema Displays on a PC

Posted by timothy on from the eyestrain-city dept.

dealcatcher writes "For those blessed by the Apple gods and actually own two 30-inch Apple Cinema Displays, this guide explains how to hook two of them up to a PC. The guide includes which graphics cards will support this configuration and a step-by-step of how to get it all going."

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  1. I see by El · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this would be the computer equivalent of putting Formula One racing slicks on a Yugo?

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  2. This is actually Part Two: by sRev · · Score: 5, Funny

    Part One was: "How to afford two 30" Apple Monitors."

    1. Re:This is actually Part Two: by burns210 · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Part One was: "How to afford two 30" Apple Monitors.""

      Step one: How to find a buying on the black market for your spare kidney.

  3. aargh by toQDuj · · Score: 4, Funny

    it is like a million voices all cried out at once and were suddenly silenced.

    possibly heart attacks.

    But seriously, I'd just have put the G5 behind some soundproofing walls and run virtual pc on them. VPC suffices for most scientific programs that would not run under a unix environment.

    B.

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  4. and as you click here... by Beatbyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    to see his desktop...
    you can SEE the silver spoon by which he is fed ;)

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  5. Re:or to sum it up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    You sir, are clearly a Nazi recruitment tool. For the love of everything good, use a spell checker.

  6. The G5 is too loud? by newrisejohn · · Score: 2, Funny

    This person has supersensitive hearing.

    He's probably a spy, which would explain being able to afford two of those displays.

  7. You lucky 10 by gremlins · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope the 10 people who can actually afford this enjoyed the article.

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  8. The story behind the story. by Yaztromo · · Score: 4, Funny
    1. User decides to ditch the Mac because the fans are too noisy.
    2. User slices up the connectors of two perfectly good, $3000 Apple Cinema 30" displays to get them to plug into some no-name video card with an nVidia chipset on their "silent" PC,
    3. User complains of the fan noise now coming from the PC video cards.

    What a complete and total git. And this gets posted to /. for what reason?

    (Remember: with great power comes great fan noise).

    Yaz.

  9. Re:or to sum it up by moontumbohotmail.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    "your 3000 grand monitors" 3000 grand? They're more expensive than I thought!

  10. What I want to know is... by oahazmatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    what the BSOD looks like on the display. C'mon, show us the goods!

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  11. Re:Wow. by putaro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sell your liver

  12. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wait. A long time. They will eventually drop in price. But then you will want the 50'' display. It's so hard being an electronics customer :-)

  13. Re:G5 tower... loud? by Slashcrap · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been around a number of G5 towers running 30" Cinema Displays, as I work at a retail store.

    It is not unheard of for a G5 to have a bad midplane.

    It is unheard of. Macs do not have faults, only defective users.

    You should be fired for suggesting otherwise. I hope you and your family starve.

    Your type make me sick.

    I know that all right-thinking Mac users will agree with me on this.