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<blockquote data-quote="mhafwet" data-source="post: 1105353" data-attributes="member: 170831"><p>I need to buy a macbook pro for college. I'm in my third year, studying international photojournalism. I'm willing to sink in the $$$ for the laptop and software I need, but I'm hesitant about the monitor. </p><p></p><p>I want a 13" macbook pro with a desktop display to plug into while I'm at home. </p><p></p><p>As I browse online, I'm finding good-quality monitors for about $500 less that the mac 24" cinema display. Like this one: <a href="http://www.buy.com/prod/samsung-2494sw-24-widescreen-1080p-lcd-monitor-50-000-1-dc-5ms-dvi/q/loc/111/211959887.html" target="_blank">Buy.com - Samsung 2494SW 24" Widescreen 1080p LCD Monitor - 50,000:1 (DC), 5ms, DVI</a></p><p></p><p>My questions: </p><p>1) I'm hoping for a fast and easy hookup to the external display. Sit down, plug in, go. Will anything non-mac be a pain, or is it pretty easy?</p><p></p><p>2) I'm a serious photographer. I'd like to work for National Geographic when I graduate, and I need extremely accurate color on my display. I'm going to be buying a colorimeter to calibrate the screen bi-weekly. I've never used a colorimeter before, and I would love to know if colorimeter software will calibrate a mac computer with a non-mac display flawlessly. Any thoughts on this?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Innocent.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="O:)" title="Innocent O:)" data-shortname="O:)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mhafwet, post: 1105353, member: 170831"] I need to buy a macbook pro for college. I'm in my third year, studying international photojournalism. I'm willing to sink in the $$$ for the laptop and software I need, but I'm hesitant about the monitor. I want a 13" macbook pro with a desktop display to plug into while I'm at home. As I browse online, I'm finding good-quality monitors for about $500 less that the mac 24" cinema display. Like this one: [url=http://www.buy.com/prod/samsung-2494sw-24-widescreen-1080p-lcd-monitor-50-000-1-dc-5ms-dvi/q/loc/111/211959887.html]Buy.com - Samsung 2494SW 24" Widescreen 1080p LCD Monitor - 50,000:1 (DC), 5ms, DVI[/url] My questions: 1) I'm hoping for a fast and easy hookup to the external display. Sit down, plug in, go. Will anything non-mac be a pain, or is it pretty easy? 2) I'm a serious photographer. I'd like to work for National Geographic when I graduate, and I need extremely accurate color on my display. I'm going to be buying a colorimeter to calibrate the screen bi-weekly. I've never used a colorimeter before, and I would love to know if colorimeter software will calibrate a mac computer with a non-mac display flawlessly. Any thoughts on this? Thanks! O:) [/QUOTE]
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