Apple Discontinues 20-Inch Cinema Display
Now there are two. Apple Thursday told service agents it will no longer support the 20-inch Cinema Display, leaving its new 24-inch LED Cinema Display and older 30-inch version as the only external display options.
In a bulletin, Apple said the 20-inch Cinema Display had reached its End of Life. As a result, the Cupertino, Calif. company would cancel any pending orders.
The news prompted speculation Apple may soon end support of the 30-inch display, leaving just the new 24-inch LED display designed for Apple laptops.
Apple stopped producing the 20-inch Cinema Display in late 2008 and Cupertino’s main distributor, Ingram Micro UK have none of the displays in inventory, according to Apple Insider.
In 2008, Apple discontinued its 23-inch HD Cinema Display when introducing the LED 24-inch Cinema Display.
Apple may refresh its line of Cinema Displays by introducing a 20-inch model that supports the new Mini DisplayPort, according to reports Thursday.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
