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Apple's Upcoming Hardware Refresh to Include Thunderbolt LED Display, Not MacBook

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I'm sure somebody else had noted the extra line break after USB and before DisplayPort under "Connections and Expansions" when viewing the technical specs using the Apple Store app.

If I knew what I was doing, I'd upload the screenshot I took with my iPhone.
 
Because I could not wait for the update (it takes a long time for the updated one to be available in China due to tedious paper work in the relevant agencies), I finalized my order for the current model by wiring money to the Apple Online Store.
 
JPTech said:
Ha haa... wait... *notices image*... what??
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You were making a meteorological joke about the upcoming hardware announcement - "meatballs" are "different meteorology".

Maybe Apple will announce things that nobody has predicted.


diamond.g said:
Wouldn't the monitor need to have its own built-in GPU for that to work?
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With TBolt that's completely feasible. In theory, you'd be able to connect as many monitors as you could afford. (Each monitor has a GPU that can support "n" monitors plus TBolt connections to add additional monitors with additionl GPUs.)

In practice, the TBolt software/hardware support will only support a subset of possible topologies - so the actual limit would likely be much smaller.
 
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Monday half past eight here in München. So... What is the latest expected due date? Tuesday morning?
 
Vnl said:
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Monday half past eight here in München. So... What is the latest expected due date? Tuesday morning?
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By the All Things Digital team, these products won't launch until Thursday, or Friday.

Lion may release on Tuesday in the US. Or along side the Products.
 
AidenShaw said:
You were making a meteorological joke about the upcoming hardware announcement - "meatballs" are "different meteorology".

Maybe Apple will announce things that nobody has predicted.
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Oh. Ha! I get it.
Anyway, I do hope Lion were to come out today, but I doubt it. I don't know what to expect...
 
AidenShaw said:
You were making a meteorological joke about the upcoming hardware announcement - "meatballs" are "different meteorology".

Maybe Apple will announce things that nobody has predicted.




With TBolt that's completely feasible. In theory, you'd be able to connect as many monitors as you could afford. (Each monitor has a GPU that can support "n" monitors plus TBolt connections to add additional monitors with additionl GPUs.)

In practice, the TBolt software/hardware support will only support a subset of possible topologies - so the actual limit would likely be much smaller.
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I thought you would only be able to have 6 per port (from the computer)?
 
I hope nobody with a MDP video card/iMac was considering an ACD. It appears Apple will be changing connectors bi-annually to "persuade" you into purchasing a new system just to use the ACD. I suppose a Vizio display is in my near future.
 
silentnite said:
If only apple would make a 24" or 25" with the same resolution as the 27" this would be great news.
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Fixed that there for you. Why is everyone is obsessed with inches ? It's the resolution that makes it so you display more/less stuff on screen. A 24" with 1920x1200 is god awful. I'd rather have a 21" with that resolution.
 
the key is having external GPUs to get around the daisy chain limit

diamond.g said:
I thought you would only be able to have 6 per port (from the computer)?
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With Thunderbolt 1.0, that's the current limit on daisy chaining a single TBolt connection. Whether that's a permanent limit on Thunderbolt 1.0 isn't known.

In any event, the Imac has two TBolt ports, so that's 12 devices.

If the monitor has a GPU, it could in theory drive additional DisplayPort (not TBolt) monitors without affecting the daisy chain length.

You could also make a TBolt to multi-GPU box. Put as many GPUs in the box as you want, and mDP or mHDMI or DVI=I ports for connecting as many monitors as you want. (Obviously, if OSX has a limit on the number of GPUs and monitors that it can support - that would be the limit). Such a box would only be a single node in the daisy chain.

It's more or less a daydream, since the number of people needing lots of screens is very small - but consider something like a bank of LCD monitors at an airport arrival/departure display. A MiniMac with TBolt GPUs could drive the whole thing. Get a TBolt GPU node with 4 monitor outputs, and driving 4, 8, 12 displays would be easy with multiple boxes.

Of course, this isn't for gaming or other heavy graphics tasks - but for something like an airport display it would be fine.
 
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anti glare

I agree where is the anti glare screen.

I ke:mad:ep posting and emailing apple. I am a longtime apple user and dont understand apples position on this. they usually listen to users in some areas.
 
Instead of

#define APP_STORE_REFUND_PERIOD_DAYS 30

we have

#define APP_STORE_REFUND_PERIOD_DAYS 7

Whoop de ****ing do! Have real ex-SCO be sysmom's and not these college degree hacks for you.
 
I hope the new Apple Cinema Displays do come out this week, I would like to compliment my new Mac Book Pro with one. A price drop would also be nice, but I will be buying one either way. :)
 
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