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does anyone know of some modification that would allow me to use an apple studio display with a pc? i love the apple studio displays, but i dont wanna use it with a mac. suggestions? advice? flames?
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PostIcon Posted on: Feb. 24 2001,19:31 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
You got three options:
1) get source code and recompile
2) get a mac emulator (they exist)
3) hope apple is nice enough to port it for you

MacOS and Windows are so completely different, much less the underlying instruction sets of the chips. Not a whole lot of chance otherwise.

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Current Macintoshes all use an ATI Rage 128 video card, specially made for macs with a special connector that allows you to connect the studio display. I don't know if it is the same as the "LCD Connectors" on some PC video cards. You could try to rip out one of the cards from a mac and install it in your PC, and see if it works (it probably won't). Or you could email Apple and ask them what your options are...
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PostIcon Posted on: Feb. 24 2001,20:50 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
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Originally posted by a.out:
You could try to rip out one of the cards from a mac and install it in your PC, and see if it works (it probably won't).

this is exactly what i want. like blade's raid, but blade's apple studio display or somethin...

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I'm so stupid that I thought you were referring to some software. Shows you how much I care about Macs.

I have the feeling a lot of that hardware swapping will be possible after OSX comes out. Bah. I'm feeling extra dumb today.

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PostIcon Posted on: Feb. 24 2001,22:47 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Well, maybe it's not impossible, but Apple Studio Display connector not only transmit the data signal to the LCD but also the power, so trying to convert a PC LCD port to Apple's will imply somewhere an external power supply.

However, I can guess that ASD will look great judging from my iBook LCD.

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to answer your question, Apple Cinematic Display + PC = GAY! What you're saying is that you like Apple. Don't be afraid, I think that Apple has a really wicked design scheme, and their design team deserves a lot of credit...just get ready to recieve a lot of flames. I'd rather have a Mac than a PC, and I think a lot of designers would...it's just that PCs are way more cost efficient, since not many can afford a machine JUST FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING. Especially with a 4,000 dollar display. Hmm. If only they made more software for Macs, and they weren't so over priced, and they...OK, who am I kidding, they're pieces of shit. Microsoft should steal their design squad ;o)
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To answer the fucking question YES! It's possible. There are DVI (normal digital out) to ACD (Apple Cinema Deiplay = DVI+Power+USB) converters. I'm not sure where you can buy them, but they exsist
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PostIcon Posted on: Mar. 02 2001,02:32 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
first off, i dont dislike apple. theyre just stupid. allowing market clones was the smartest thing IBM ever did, the technology they make wont die, because there are so many people improving it. i like the studio display because its the biggest lcd display that you can get that was made for computers really....plus i like the buttons...

edit: i forgot the second part - where can i get one of these combinerinos??

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to answer your question, Apple Cinematic Display + PC = GAY! What you're saying is that you like Apple. Don't be afraid, I think that Apple has a really wicked design scheme, and their design team deserves a lot of credit...just get ready to recieve a lot of flames. I'd rather have a Mac than a PC, and I think a lot of designers would...it's just that PCs are way more cost efficient, since not many can afford a machine JUST FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING. Especially with a 4,000 dollar display. Hmm. If only they made more software for Macs, and they weren't so over priced, and they...OK, who am I kidding, they're pieces of shit. Microsoft should steal their design squad ;o)

He said that he liked the monitor, not Apple. Hell, I even like that monitor, its design is pretty tight.

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