[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Apple's CD series IPS displays usually have the same panels as the (IPS based) Dell Ultrasharps, but the Dell ones are usually more feature rich and better performing. For instance on a Dell, you get a rich plethora of OSD options, numerous input choices etc, on an Apple CD, usually you cannot even change something basic like brightness or contrast from the display directly[/font].U2711 uses LED backlight technology and so there can be some differences with LED vs CCFL,either way Go for Dell U2711-44k or [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]more which is a good choce[/font].