Mac Display connections - DVI-I, DVI-D, DVI-A

[Tipster]

I'm new to Mac and just acquired a Macbook Air for presenting slides to clients. I will be travelling around, visiting clients - some will have old displays, some brand new displays. I would like to connect the Macbook to these various displays for a bigger view of the presentation slides.

Mini DisplayPort to VGA (will cover a lot of projectors and Windows displays etc) - no problems here, I will need this adapter.

Mini DisplayPort to DVI - this is the problem. According to the reviews on the Apple Store their adapter only works with DVI-D (which in turn is only present on newer displays). What DVI do I need for older Mac display equipment? Is it DVI-I or DVI-A?

 

[Hellhammer]

To be honest, I have never seen a display with DVI-A. VGA + DVI-D should be enough.

 

[Tipster]

Thanks for the info. I was going off these comments here http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB570Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ which seemed to suggest there are older Apple displays where DVI-D doesn't do the job?

 

[CWallace]

Thanks for the info. I was going off these comments here http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB570Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ which seemed to suggest there are older Apple displays where DVI-D doesn't do the job?

That might be the Apple Studio Display, which used ADC (Apple Display Connector). Apple LCD displays that did not use ADC used DVI-D, so I concur with Hellhammer's advice.

 

[Macman45]

It is the Apple mini display, but I can't vouch for it, I would think that most of your clients will accept projection via VGA.