<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well, back when the first 22" CHD's were introduced, they were nearly $4K US, and when I bought my old lucite 23" CHD as a refurb from the Apple Store I got it for about half that (And the 23 is about twice as bright as the 22). By the time I bought my aluminum 23 on eBay, it was less than $1K, so the prices on the large format displays have dropped about 75% in the last ten years. If my hunch is right, Apple will introduce another large display to replace the 30 with the look of the new 24 - I'm betting on 33" with the same resolution as the 30 - at which point I'd expect the aluminum 30" to follow that trend and drop way down to under $2K. Hey, I could be wrong, but I've seen the 30 at my local Apple store, and it is the most amazing display I've ever seen. It's actually a bit intimidating to me. LOL!<div><br></div><div>~sigh~ But if there's no card for the Cube that can run it, I guess that's just another genius idea I had that won't work out. ;^)</div><div><br></div><div>I don't think I'd get another Mini. If I want the 30 for my living room, I'll just pick up another G5. Sure, it has fans, but they are so quiet that I don't hear them at all unless I bend down to listen closely. Still, it's not a Cube. :-D</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 20, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Stefan wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font>Hi George,<br><br>a quite expensive (and luxurious) idea:<br>Do you really believe the 30" prices will fall far enough?<br><br>OK, I don't know your budget.<br>But me, I decided for the 27" Dell (as I reported). It has a 24" resolution and is large however.<br>Price 630 Euro with 5 years full warranty. You'll never get a (new) 30" Apple for thatŠ<br><br>And I don't believe there's a compatible card for the cube.<br><br>Did you know that the new Mac mini will support the 30" display?<br><br>Stefan<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>