Can I get a firewire > thunderbolt and then thunderbolt > dvi to add a 3rd monitor?

[macmee]

I have a 2010 iMac and want a 3rd monitor. I own a thunderbolt to DVI cable because my 2011 macbook has one, and I noticed this cable exists:

http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapter

Is it possible for me to get this cable so that I have

firewire > thunderbolt > DVI

and then would this allow me to support a 3rd monitor on my iMac?

If not, what is the best way to have a 3rd monitor on a 2010 iMac without thunderbolt?

 

[Intell]

A Mac's FireWire port cannot be adapted or converted into a Thunderbolt port. That adapter is only able to turn a Thunderbolt port into a FireWire port, not the other way.

 

[macmee]

A Mac's FireWire port cannot be adapted or converted into a Thunderbolt port. That adapter is only able to turn a Thunderbolt port into a FireWire port, not the other way.

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Any way I can score a 3rd monitor then?

 

[Intell]

Your only option would be a USB monitor. They work, but don't have any video acceleration on Macs.

 

[Acorn]

one of these would work. its got the newest display chip set so it shouldnt be to bad.


http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Mult...8&qid=1374844204&sr=8-246&keywords=usb+screen

 

[macmee]

one of these would work. its got the newest display chip set so it shouldnt be to bad.


http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Mult...8&qid=1374844204&sr=8-246&keywords=usb+screen

The only thing I'm worried about is if it will have drivers for 10.8.3 +

 

[opinio]

I have a 2010 iMac and want a 3rd monitor. I own a thunderbolt to DVI cable because my 2011 macbook has one, and I noticed this cable exists:

http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapter

Is it possible for me to get this cable so that I have

firewire > thunderbolt > DVI

and then would this allow me to support a 3rd monitor on my iMac?

If not, what is the best way to have a 3rd monitor on a 2010 iMac without thunderbolt?

It's the other way around. It's T-bolt to FW, not FW to T-bolt. You need a T-bolt equipped Mac to use that device and it gives you FW800.

 

[Intell]

The only thing I'm worried about is if it will have drivers for 10.8.3 +

Check out Display Link's website. They're the ones that make all of the USB monitors because of their patents and non-licensing of it. They do have drivers for Intell based versions of Mac OS X.