Thunderbolt display with white macbook a1181 (display port to thuderbolt?)

[hipwell]

Hi,
I bought a thunderbolt display for my macbook pro 17'' early 2011 and it works great.
But also I would like to connect my old white macbook(a1181) to it so my family can use it when I'm not at home.
I upgraded the old macbook to 6GB RAM and 256 SSD, so the performance is quite good for casual use.
I'm aware that max resolution for 2nd display is 1920x1200 but still I want to connect it, so they can enjoy this beautiful display.

Will this cable do the job http://www.amazon.es/StarTech-com-Cable-Adaptador-MiniDisplayPort-Displayport/dp/B002XVYZ82

if not, any alternative?

 

[skorpien]

No. You need a Thunderbolt equipped Mac to drive a Thunderbolt display.

 

[hipwell]

No. You need a Thunderbolt equipped Mac to drive a Thunderbolt display.

I think you can connect also with mini-display macbooks

 

[IlikeMacsSoMuch]

nope

I think you can connect also with mini-display macbooks

No you can't, you can do the other around thunderbolt to mini displayport but to use use a thunderbolt peripheral, you need a computer with a thunderbolt port. I looked everywhere for this and it's not doable

 

[jdaniel]

the TB display is not the same as the cinema display.. it has a ethernet ports n usb etc etc and all those are intertwined with the display via the TB cable so no... u cannot..

 

[Outrigger]

I think you can connect also with mini-display macbooks

no you cannot. source needs to be TB. think about it, how can you drive a TB peripheral if the source doesn't have it. forget about TB takes the form of a mini display port.