New Mac Pro Due...Monitor Options

Hi,
I've ordered a new MP, due in 3-4 weeks, but now I need a Monitor. I also have a late 2012 iMac 27".
I'm a semi-pro photographer who prints so a monitor that calibrates reasonably well is important. I find the iMac is not so great.
I'm considering Dell U2713H, Viewsonic VP2722, NEC PA272W and good old Apple Thunderbolt Display.
Does anyone have any experiences to share in terms of getting the ATD to profile well for printing. The price of the Dell and Viewsonic is nicer but I have heard bad reports about OSX issues with the Dell
Grateful for any reports/experience
Thx
Paul

I haven't used most of the models you listed, but it would be very hard to go wrong with the NEC PA272, especailly if you buy a calibrator that is compatible with the monitor's internal calibration through DisplayPort (like the SpectraView that comes bundled if you buy that version). The PA272 totally blows away the Apple display no matter how you look at it: Gamut size, calibration accuracy, calibration versatility (multiple presets), tilt and pivot, KVM capability... The only measure where the Apple is better is that it costs a little less.
I'm a big Apple fan but there's no way you could convince me to take an Apple Thunderbolt display over the PA272.
The Dell looks like a good alternative because it seems of the same generation as the NEC. Another one to look at which seems to use similar hardware as the Dell & NEC is the Asus PA series. All three use wide-gamut GB-LED panels if I am not mistaken, so that puts all of them in a class above most consumer monitors. I don't know much about the ViewSonic.
Overall I'd say the Dell and Asus would be the reasonable mid-price options (though I have also heard some OS X issues with the Asus too), the NEC for the tried and true though more expensive, and the Apple display not really in the running. Compared to the Apple, the other three monitors use much more up-to-date and wide-gamut panel technology and simply have more useful features than the Apple.

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