Is this possible on the 2012 Air?

[Acorn]

Is it possible to hook up a thunderbolt display plus a 1600x1200 display to the mac air? I thought I read somewhere it wasnt possible to chain a non thunderbolt display to a thunderbolt display.

 

[Stetrain]

Is it possible to hook up a thunderbolt display plus a 1600x1200 display to the mac air? I thought I read somewhere it wasnt possible to chain a non thunderbolt display to a thunderbolt display.

You have to have another Thunderbolt device in between, like this:

[Macbook]->[Thunderbolt Display]->[Thunderbolt hard drive]->[Mini-Displayport adapter]->[Second Monitor]

It has to be a non-display Thunderbolt device which has two Thunderbolt ports for daisy chaining, like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Thund...0581&sr=8-4&keywords=seagate+thunderbolt+desk

 

[Acorn]

ok thanks. kinda expensive but at least its possible

 

[Stetrain]

ok thanks. kinda expensive but at least its possible

Another option would be to use a USB display adapter like this: http://www.iogear.com/product/GUC2020DW6/

As I understand it they don't offer performance as good as when using the Thunderbolt/Displayport video output built into the laptop, so it probably wouldn't work well for games and such.

 

[Acorn]

Another option would be to use a USB display adapter like this: http://www.iogear.com/product/GUC2020DW6/

As I understand it they don't offer performance as good as when using the Thunderbolt/Displayport video output built into the laptop, so it probably wouldn't work well for games and such.

thanks. I do have one of those usb adapters from a past setup but if i remember correctly it did not work well with a cintiq which is what the 1600x1200 display is. I think I tried it and there was massive lag.