Apple's 30'' LCD is a beautiful thing. The screen's minimalistic design and sleek lines could only be worthy of being designed in Cupertino, California. But, as we have learned in the company's history, and especially these past couple years, is that Apple has never been satisfied sitting on their laurels.
Even after winning a shootout between the Apple Cinema Display and the Dell UltraSharp 3007WFP from Cnet, it has come to our attention that Apple has quietly boosted the specifications of the newly-crowned champ even further. The Cinema Display's brightness, which was originally 270 cd/m2, has now been upgraded to 400 cd/2. The screen's contrast ratio has also been bumped up from 400:1 to 700:1.
Interestingly enough, these new technical specs match Dell's 3007WFP offering. Now an upgrade such as this would have been planned months ago, but to have it match the details of the only monitor worth comparing it to makes it look like Apple definitely wants to keep the crown in California.
