Reviews for Apple Thunderbolt Display (27-inch)

Love it!! it's easy to forget in the PC world....this sort of quality would cost you minimum 1200 bucks....and that doesn't even come with TB. Love the fact it has connector for power to my macbook. And I finally understand why they only do this in high gloss. It's easy to clean :).

This is a terrific product. I have been using it with my 13" MacBook Air for the past several months with no major problems.

I do think the OSX Lion software still needs a little work. I am convinced Apple will continue to support this product fully for the forseeable future.

Its freaking massive.
I mean its bigger than my 1st apartment.
Love it. Love it. Love it.
I can't go back to another monitor.
I can't.
I won't.

This is an expensive (by most people's standards) investment, but one that is going to pay for itself down the road. I use this driven by my late 2011 MBP with a seagate TB hdd attached for media management. The resolution in this monitor allows me to do single window video editing in premiere pro and allows me to work on photographs in big clear detail. I love it!

I bought the display today and at first i thought it was a bit pricey, but after a couple of hours I have seen just how good it really is. I have it linked up to my mac mini and haven't had any trouble with it waking up from sleep mode, like others have reported. Also the glossy screen hasn't posed any problem yet. Overall very nice looking and performing product, well worth the large amount of cash.

The high price tag of this display put me off at first, but after some research, the same LG panel in this display is being sold by Dell in their UltraSharp line for $1099. I'm using this with an Early 2011 MacBook Pro and it's simply amazing. It just works beautifully every time. The clarity is amazing and makes my work day so much more enjoyable. There's just nothing I can think of to complain about with regards to this display.

This display is so Awesome. Bought refurbished and can't be happier. The late 2012 Mac Mini and this display are a perfect match. The price is cheaper than any other 27" display with the same resolution. Don't buy junk, get this display.

I bought it to try it out. My other monitors are Acer 24 inch displays that are 1080. I often had problems working on my computer past a few hours. my eyes would almost see nothing as all the light seems to blend together. This is not the case with the Thunderbolt display. Had hooked them up together today after 10 days of ownership to decide if I want to keep it.

The original LCD display i had was so dark dim, and the text and graphics were so poor that I could not possibly go back to it. I am a graphics designer part time and I can't believe all the colors, contrasts and resolution that was missing.

My only gripe is that it does not work with my mini-display MBP. So now, I have an excuse to upgrade that as well :)

I was on the fence about spending so much on a Thunderbolt display, but after using it for about 4 months now, I am very pleased with it. The display is like having a giant iPad display on your desk (the good and the bad). As a software developer, I enjoy all the real estate. I'm a big user of gestures so I added a wireless Apple trackpad and keyboard providing a consistent feel to working directly on the MacBook. The display is sharp and the picture quality is very good. Like an iPad, the screen being clear glass, picks up a lot of glare and reflections, so I had to eliminate any light sources from behind my desk.

Overall, I have gotten use to some of the issues with working with the display combined with the laptop display and moving back and forth between multiple desktops and full screen applications, etc. I generally close the laptop because navigation between multiple desktops is awkward when the laptop display is in play. After adjusting desktop settings, the position of the dock, etc, I have gotten use to working on the Thunderbolt and it has increased my productivity.

There are plenty of USB connections on the back that are very handy to connect iOS docks, and other devices. I like having the MacBook Pro pick up the network via Thunderbolt via a direct Ethernet connection. The sound quality good.

I absolutely love the display and hope it keeps working. I also hope that Apple will continue to refine how the operating system interfaces and interacts with the display. The display is attractive and very functional. I think of it was a luxury product. There are other displays out there that will offer the same real estate and screen quality at a lower price point, but this Thunderbolt is more than a display and is just beautiful.