If you were to take this monitor back with you a decade or so into the past, it, perhaps more than anything else that exists in the world of computer hardware today, would look impossibly futuristic and magical. And I suspect that if Apple could have made it wireless, it would have. It's not an open and shut case. Fine, so you're filthy rich and money means nothing to you. But there are certain qualities that all LCDs share that keep this monitor from being absolutely superior to all other CRT and LCD monitors.
Sharpness has to be the biggest benefit.
Do not adjust your set, the individual, independently controlled picture elements in an LCD easily trounce any CRT's sharpness. Next there's the refresh rate, or rather, the lack thereof. Then there's the digital interface. I've ever seen. It's the brightest, the sharpest, and has the best color quality to my eyes.