Review on Dell P2213 Professional HD LED Backlit Monitor, 1680x1050 Resolution, 60Hz Refresh Rate by Kaveen Guevara

I will never understand the mentality of the manufacturers. The monitor is good I would give it 3 stars but I can't understand why they used a bigger DisplayPort connector - ok no big deal - there are 3 cables in the box one of which fits - NO - you include every cable for all the old legacy standards, but not the one for DisplayPort. This eliminates the need to use a monitor on a Mac natively because while almost all Mac users have MDP cables, none of us have a cable that uses a larger DP connector. To confuse things even more, almost all PCs, including those made by Dell, and most aftermarket graphics card manufacturers use MDP instead of DP on their graphics cards. So I have a great monitor that I paid extra to get in a day but had to run to Fry to get the cable. I connected a monitor, rotated it vertically (I use this monitor with Adobe CC so I can move all the toolbars to a separate workspace) and it says OK. Not great but okay. The display does not have a large viewing angle. So imagine the old days when your laptop screen would move up and down so you could see it at its best with light and dark areas. Yes exactly. In other words, mech. Apple figured out how to make a screen 10 years ago, which is probably why they cost so much. Apple doesn't make a smaller monitor that can be rotated vertically, so this was the best I could do. It's ok for my purposes, but not great. Keep that in mind if you plan to use it in portrait mode. Mac Users: Make sure you order an MDP to DP adapter cable with this monitor or you will receive DOA out of the box.