Non-widescreen display

Id love the 20" apple cinema display but i just cant afford it... but i still need to replace my old 21" crt monitor with something that'll take up a lot less space... can anyone recommend any really good apple friendly non-widescreen displays?
thanks

You could buy a refurbished Dell 2408
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-2408WFP-UltraSharp-Widescreen-Definition/dp/B0018LJYF C

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