Bling3k12 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 (edited) Because linking to their site is hard, I'll just reproduce it here. Source is Hardmac.com. Thanks to Jean-Marc for this info which will for sure makes many readers happy.I am just coming back from Nexpo 2005 ( http://www.naa.org/newspapers05) and Apple had a small booth, but a huge impact! Indeed, commercial ad for iPod Shuffle were present everywhere in the city, and picture of the Shuffle were everywhere in the show room. Software developers like to attract potential consumers with some fashion present when you are attending a demo... and without competition the "hottest" present was for sure the iPod. At Apple booth, Cinema displays were of course getting most of the attention. Many users from publishing companies are dreaming of a rotating monitor that could be in a horizontal or vertical orientation depending if they work on a more portrait-, or landscape-type of document. It would be perfect for broadsheet editing and preview. Apple had of course a solution which was the main attraction: a rotating support from a third party company which could be adapted to Apple Cinema Display, and in the preview of Tiger, there is the option in the Cinema HD display menu to set the angle of your monitor. Some professional users were waiting for years for such a device. It will not be necessary anymore to invest into a Radeon graphic card to enjoy rotating your display the way you want it. Now, I don't know if this is built in through the developer of the swiveling arm for the Cinema Displays or if it's built into Tiger, but either way, this is the mount you'll probably want for your Cinema. Updated again... Edited March 24, 2005 by Bling3k12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 That is nice, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Cool! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lare2 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Images don't work for me. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerialStorm Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 The links and the photos are down :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Crap, sorry for the double post. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted March 24, 2005 Author Share Posted March 24, 2005 Updated with screenshots of the cached images I had in Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmsant Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 wow! that is sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpat1024 Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 WOW! An excellent feature! Do you think that Apple are experimenting with Tablet PCs, or are they just doing it especially for the cinema display? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devoto. Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Woah, that's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowcra Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTallack Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 WOW! An excellent feature! Do you think that Apple are experimenting with Tablet PCs, or are they just doing it especially for the cinema display? 585665557[/snapback] There is many monitors out there that already swivel. Mac OS X simply lacked the ability to make use of it. Most PC video cards will support rotated display resolutions. Likely they're just doing it for the huge publishing crowd that uses OS X. It doesn't serve much purpose for anyone else really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman87 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 It would be useful and its likely that we see Steve Jobs mention this like PCs never had this feature and Apple invented it - but - does it only work with Apple's Cinema Displays? If it is only the Apple ones, that would suck. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoGro123 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 It would be useful and its likely that we see Steve Jobs mention this like PCs never had this feature and Apple invented it - but - does it only work with Apple's Cinema Displays? If it is only the Apple ones, that would suck. :( 585667573[/snapback] I think there are two things being introduced here. 1. A 3rd party product that allows the Apple Cinema Display to rotate 360 degrees. 2. A software update to Mac OS X (probably being introduced into Tiger) that will rotate your desktop. As for number 2, this basically moves the rotation technology from graphics driver to the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Looks really nice. I'm sure they tried it a while back with PC screens, but it was never popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman87 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I think there are two things being introduced here.1. A 3rd party product that allows the Apple Cinema Display to rotate 360 degrees. 2. A software update to Mac OS X (probably being introduced into Tiger) that will rotate your desktop. As for number 2, this basically moves the rotation technology from graphics driver to the OS. 585667600[/snapback] Cheers for that, kinda go confused reading the quotes :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 It would be useful and its likely that we see Steve Jobs mention this like PCs never had this feature and Apple invented it - but - does it only work with Apple's Cinema Displays? If it is only the Apple ones, that would suck. :( 585667573[/snapback] No, Steve Jobs probably won't say it, but I don't think Windows has actually had a built-in screen rotation utility anyway. It's always been up to the graphics driver. Tiger is putting this into the OS, so yes, this is a step forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakz Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 fantastical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsbury Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Windows doesn't have it built in either, it's a function of the video driver. Screen rotation is supported through ATI's drivers on OSX currently. - http://www2.ati.com/drivers/macosx-radeon-...25_read_me.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jorge Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Awesome. :woot: Wish I had a Mac though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamend Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 No, Steve Jobs probably won't say it, but I don't think Windows has actually had a built-in screen rotation utility anyway. It's always been up to the graphics driver. Tiger is putting this into the OS, so yes, this is a step forward. 585667622[/snapback] It doesn't need one anyways. On PCs, both the Radeon and Geforce drivers have rotation support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 It doesn't need one anyways. On PCs, both the Radeon and Geforce drivers have rotation support. 585681144[/snapback] Integrated Graphics. Not everyone has a graphics card per-say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamend Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Integrated Graphics.Not everyone has a graphics card per-say. 585681149[/snapback] Oh right, forgot about that. Intel integrated graphics have it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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