Each display has a thunderbolt cable built in, as well as a thunderbolt port. Bingo
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Each display has a thunderbolt cable built in, as well as a thunderbolt port. Bingo
Connect two displays?
So if it only has one thunderbolt port on the back, and my MacBook only has one thunderbolt port, how, pray, do you "connect two high-resolution thunderbolt displays to your MacBook Pro"?
EDIT: thanks Heavertron, you beat me to it.
So if it only has one thunderbolt port on the back, and my MacBook only has one thunderbolt port, how, pray, do you "connect two high-resolution thunderbolt displays to your MacBook Pro"?
EDIT: thanks Heavertron, you beat me to it.
I get you now. A shame it has a captive Thunderbolt and Magsafe in one. Not too good to use with a MacPro when they arrive with Thuderbolt.
I also hope they now do a version for commercial buyers which have no camera or mic. Something the last screen lacked as an option for them and is something I know a lot of companies have had to go and buy third party displays. They do this with all other Apple products like iMac, MBP, but not their displays.
I also hope they now do a version for commercial buyers which have no camera or mic. Something the last screen lacked as an option for them and is something I know a lot of companies have had to go and buy third party displays. They do this with all other Apple products like iMac, MBP, but not their displays.
Does this new display add the amazingly advanced technological feature that I'd need it to have before buying one - an on/off switch?
Where can I get info on the "backwards compatible" issue? Can't seem to find anything on this. I've got a late 2009 Mini with display port and DVI port. I love this thing and don't need a new one. But I do need a new display because my old one died last week. I don't want to buy older Apple technology at their inflated prices. But I also don't want to get something that will only work with an adapter on my Mini.
I know the new displays have another thunderport port but is there a confirmed document somewhere you can chain two displays together? I know it mentions the chaining of other devices but it doesn't mention displays.
Folks, "backwards compatible" refers to the fact that you can go from Thunderbolt Connection -> DisplayPort Device. Unfortunately, this backwards compatibility only works in one direction. It is impossible to go from DisplayPort Connection -> Thunderbolt Device. If you try to hook up the new ACD27" TB to a miniDisplayPort Mac or PC, you will only get a black screen.
QFT! Not to mention it states right in the requirements that a TB equipped system is required.
I'm not sure I get why people are worried that this isn't backwards compatible. What's stopping you from getting the current (or now previous) display instead? There's no way to make a non-thunderbolt computer use the docking options or the monitor daisy-chaining. If you could plug your computer into it, you'd just have the same thing as the current (or now previous) display. Those will now be cheaper. I guess I don't see the reason to complain.
Not complaining
I'm not complaining. Just trying to understand this new tech so that I can make an informed decision.
I'm not complaining. Just trying to understand this new tech so that I can make an informed decision.
I got a miniDP 27" ACD a couple of months ago, and I love it. In the future, when I get a TB-equipped notebook and if I ever decide to go for a dual-screen setup, I wonder if I'd be able to daisy chain:
TB-equipped notebook -> TB cinema display -> miniDP cinema display.
Anyone know or have any theories?
TB-equipped notebook -> TB cinema display -> miniDP cinema display.
Anyone know or have any theories?
forgive my ignorance but the only different thing in this new display than the previous model is the new Thunderbolt port?
Great informative reply
I aim to please
The poster was too lazy to google / read bazillion of blog posts detailing specific changes between the old ACD and new Thunderbolt display. And I am too lazy to spell it out for him.I aim to please
+1
amazing what a 2 second google search can come up with
I love this monitor. What would have made it perfect, though, is an additional DVI interface. I have a 10-year-old 21" Samsung LCD monitor with a DVI port and a VGA port. I keep my home Mac connected to the DVI port. When I need to do office work at home, I connect my Windows laptop to the VGA port, without having to disturb my home system. If the new Apple monitor also had a DVI port, it not only would allow the convenience of switching between two computers, it also would allow users who need a new monitor but aren't quite ready for a new Mac to use the monitor with their existing Mac. Obviously, nothing other than the video portion would work with a DVI port, but that's been the case with most monitors for years. Anyway, when I'm ready to upgrade my 2008 MacBook Pro, and I have enough cash for a computer and a monitor, this is the monitor I plan to get.
Cause one may get a TB mac in the future so it's reasonable to make sure whether the lates ATD works with previous non-TB mac. I wonder the TB port on ATD is disabled but the display still works if you plug it with a non-TB mac, just a guess. Basically the plug of mDP and TB is the same.
Third post in this thread had this:
- a FaceTime HD camera
- high-quality audio
- three USB 2.0 ports
- a FireWire 800 port
- a Gigabit Ethernet port
- Thunderbolt port for daisy-chaining additional high-performance devices
- a FaceTime HD camera
- high-quality audio
- three USB 2.0 ports
- a FireWire 800 port
- a Gigabit Ethernet port
- Thunderbolt port for daisy-chaining additional high-performance devices
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This is clearly a display for latest-gen mac laptop users only. As a display with inbuilt docking station it's quite nice for that purpose, although would have been a hell of a lot more versatile if it had included USB 3.0 and/or eSATA ports, but I know that's dreaming.
That said, my MacBook Pro is not latest generation (MacBookPro5,1), so it's useless to me, and useless for my Mac Mini too. Ditto for all Mac Pro users (No new Mac Pro today - very disappointed indeed). If they had just added - in addition - a minidisplayport connection, or DVI, it would have been a winner. But to spend that amount of money on a monitor that won't be useable for anything except the latest generation doesn't appeal to me. TB + DVI connections would mean it could be used with every Mac and a whole range of other devices. Of course you wouldn't have the nice docking/hub functionality with the DVI connection but that's totally acceptable.
Even as a monitor for say, the latest Mac Mini, I don't really see the point. Most people have their monitor close to them and their actual computer further away at the back of a desk or elsewhere less visible than the display. I don't see the point of having all my peripherals connected to my display with all their cables hanging out, and a "clean" Mac Mini connected to it. Makes more sense to have all the cables connected to the mini, and one cable to the monitor, at least in my book.
Like I say, I think as a display + docking station for those who only own a laptop computer it works well, but they've castrated its use for most anything else by not including multiple display port types. Or a MDP>TB adapter so it could be used on older macs too.
Thunderbolt is awesome technology, but as seen by the total lack of peripherals so far (one Promise RAID drive, a Lacie drive..... whatever...) I really fear this will go the way of the ADC connector, and I'm talking as someone who owns an ADC Cinema display.
That said, my MacBook Pro is not latest generation (MacBookPro5,1), so it's useless to me, and useless for my Mac Mini too. Ditto for all Mac Pro users (No new Mac Pro today - very disappointed indeed). If they had just added - in addition - a minidisplayport connection, or DVI, it would have been a winner. But to spend that amount of money on a monitor that won't be useable for anything except the latest generation doesn't appeal to me. TB + DVI connections would mean it could be used with every Mac and a whole range of other devices. Of course you wouldn't have the nice docking/hub functionality with the DVI connection but that's totally acceptable.
Even as a monitor for say, the latest Mac Mini, I don't really see the point. Most people have their monitor close to them and their actual computer further away at the back of a desk or elsewhere less visible than the display. I don't see the point of having all my peripherals connected to my display with all their cables hanging out, and a "clean" Mac Mini connected to it. Makes more sense to have all the cables connected to the mini, and one cable to the monitor, at least in my book.
Like I say, I think as a display + docking station for those who only own a laptop computer it works well, but they've castrated its use for most anything else by not including multiple display port types. Or a MDP>TB adapter so it could be used on older macs too.
Thunderbolt is awesome technology, but as seen by the total lack of peripherals so far (one Promise RAID drive, a Lacie drive..... whatever...) I really fear this will go the way of the ADC connector, and I'm talking as someone who owns an ADC Cinema display.