New 24" Apple Led Displays FAQs

Ok, I've been waiting for this monitor to come out since it was introduced at the special even a month ago. Now, I think there are as many questions now that it is finally shipping as they were before it shipped.
Does it really only work with the latest Mac laptops? Could Apple really be that naive? Come one, I want an answer from someone from Apple. Will I or will I not be able to connect this new display to my PowerMac G5? If I won't, are you going to come up with a display that can actually connect to my G5? Are you expecting all of us to buy a laptop? Remember, pros will never buy a laptop over a desktop, they just aren't powerful enough.
If I will be able to connect it, then how will that happen? Are you already selling an adapter that I just couldn't find on the online store?
Answers needed, please, enough questions.
Thanks,
G

Gonzalo Erdozain wrote:
Does it really only work with the latest Mac laptops? Could Apple really be that naive?...Are you expecting all of us to buy a laptop?
Because Apple has a relatively small volume compared to the Windows world, they have to plan farther ahead to amortize their R&D and tooling costs. Apple has always designed its products with the standard that's going to be common a couple years from now, not now. This is why the iPod touch and MacBook Air seemed underpowered when introduced. Apple knew that it would be a short amount of time before the storage would catch up and Apple would not have to retool.
Apple is not expecting all of us to buy a laptop. They are expecting us to hold out for the adapters and the newer Macs introduced over the next few years that will probably all go DisplayPort.
Remember, pros will never buy a laptop over a desktop, they just aren't powerful enough
Sorry, but this time you're the one being naive. A laptop with 4GB RAM and a dual-core processor is more powerful than many recent desktops. I own a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro, yet much of my work still happens on the MacBook Pro because it is powerful enough for tasks that would actually take longer on a G5 tower, for instance.
Given the power of today's portables, there has never been a time in history where it is more practical to use a laptop as one's only business computer.

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