The 30-inch Cinema Display Productivity Benchmark

Pfeiffer Report • Benchmark AnalysisThe 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display Productivity BenchmarkMeasuring the impact of screen size on real-world productivityHigh-quality, high-resolution displays have always been among the most expen- Major Findingssive peripherals one could add to a personal computer. The first 21-inch CRT displays capable of displaying millions of colors were two or three times as • High-resolution displays such as the expensive as 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, yet offered lower resolution 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display can than a modern 15-inch laptop computer.result in measurable productivity and Today, prices of flat-panel displays have dropped, and high-resolution dis- efficiency gains.plays have become much more common, even at the consumer level. Yet larger • Productivity gains were present in not displays, such as Apple’s 30-inch Cinema HD Display, have retained an aura of only professional design and publishing, exclusivity and the perception that their usefulness is limited solely to high-end digital imaging, and digital video, but applications such as video production or professional image editing.also in general productivity and office What is far less widely known, however, is that increasing the “screen real applications such as word processors and estate” might be a very good way to boost overall productivity, even in very spreadsheets.common tasks that have little or nothing to do with highly specialized ...