Purchasing a new LCD Monitor

[brutox]

I am thinking about buying and apple 20'' display to use as and external display for my ibook. I know about the vga to dvi issue, but I recently found this item: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000932AE/002-3994376-8458406?v=glance
on amazon and I was wondering if this cable will do the conversion tricky.

Has anyone tried this?
Anyone got the apple display to work with an ibook?

[alcimedes]

Any reason you're buying an Apple display vs. one of the many other 20" LCD's out there?

While I think the iBook is a great buy considering how much you get for your money, I can't say the same for Apple's display line. I'd be looking at another manufacturer unless there was a specific reason for an Apple branded display.

[brutox]

Well besides the fact that they are very good looking, I can get one for 699 with the student discount and that is a good price for a 20 widescreen monitor.

also, I like that it has firewire connections on the back.

[MCQ]

It's not a bad price, just not a great price.

For example - Dell's 20" Widescreen is currently $449 from their small business section.
http://dealmac.com/articles/Dell+UltraSharp+20.1+widescreen+LCD+display+w+DVI+ for+449+shipped/88436.html