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New Macbook can support 2560x1600?
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it would be really big with really low resolution for the size
you can easily adapt a DVI port to HDMI
display port is the connector of the future
Initially, I was upset that the dual-link dvi adapter for mini displayport is $100, then I read something interesting on the displayport wiki:
emphasis is mine. It seems like the VGA dongle and the dual-link DVI dongle require active processing instead of a simple pin-out change... that could explain the price difference.
wiki said:
emphasis is mine. It seems like the VGA dongle and the dual-link DVI dongle require active processing instead of a simple pin-out change... that could explain the price difference.
Does anyone know if this will work with the older macbook or just the new macbook?
I don't know about you but money is money to me and $100 is a lot of money. Apple used to include mini adapter and controller for free but now they will charge as long as they have a chance. Now you can't even use it for external monitor unless you buy one of these. That's ridiculous.
I don't know about you but money is money to me and $100 is a lot of money. Apple used to include mini adapter and controller for free but now they will charge as long as they have a chance. Now you can't even use it for external monitor unless you buy one of these. That's ridiculous.
I understand that you feel Apple is 'nickel and diming' its customers with adaptors, but from my experience working at an Apple reseller, the vast majority of users leave these adaptors in the box after they have opened it (most people never connect their laptops to an external monitor, we have to remember that the MacRumors users are not 'most people'), and this is why I think Apple have decided to stop including them.
If Apple were to include adaptors, which ones should they include - all of them? just in case you need VGA and I need DVI and someone else needs Dual-link DVI.
I'm not defending their policy, and maybe a compromise would be to offer a voucher with each Mac for one free adaptor or a discount off the dual-link DVI, then people get the cable they need (if they need one at all) and Apple aren't wasting money and resources on components that stay in the box most of the time.
After all, Apple seem to be committed to reducing waste with their products.
That said, my G4 PowerBook came with DVI>VGA and S-Video>RCA and both have been very useful over the years.
If Apple were to include adaptors, which ones should they include - all of them? just in case you need VGA and I need DVI and someone else needs Dual-link DVI.
I'm not defending their policy, and maybe a compromise would be to offer a voucher with each Mac for one free adaptor or a discount off the dual-link DVI, then people get the cable they need (if they need one at all) and Apple aren't wasting money and resources on components that stay in the box most of the time.
After all, Apple seem to be committed to reducing waste with their products.
That said, my G4 PowerBook came with DVI>VGA and S-Video>RCA and both have been very useful over the years.
ERrr - the DVI on my MBP can (and indeed does) drive a 30" display.
You have to pay £69 to do that now, and wait 6 weeks.
mini-DisplayPort != mini-DVI. Nothing changed for the old MacBooks, they can still do only up to 1920x1200.