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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:06 PM
Have you tested a non-Thunderbolt Mac with a Mini DisplayPort to determine if it can drive the Thunderbolt Display? Obviously such a Mac can't take advantage of *any* of the Thunderbolt Display's ports, but I'm curious as to whether it can run the display just as a monitor.
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:09 PM
@CarlWeber: This is Apple. There is no anti-glare option.
@JMHammer: Pretty sure it can't.
@JMHammer: Pretty sure it can't.
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:14 PM
Wonder if an iMac remodel would look like the display - having less physical parts and being more screen?
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:16 PM
How did you hook the Pegasus 6 AND the Macbook Air via Thunderbolt at the same time?
Or were the Air and the Display both hooker to the Pegasus?
Seems the Thunderbolt Display still needs 2 Thunderbolt ports.
Or were the Air and the Display both hooker to the Pegasus?
Seems the Thunderbolt Display still needs 2 Thunderbolt ports.
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:18 PM
Say you have a 2011 MBP, a thunderbolt display and then another non-apple display that you had connected with an adapter... will it work through the thunderbolt display?
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:19 PM
JMHammer, on 16 September 2011 - 03:06 PM, said:
Have you tested a non-Thunderbolt Mac with a Mini DisplayPort to determine if it can drive the Thunderbolt Display? Obviously such a Mac can't take advantage of *any* of the Thunderbolt Display's ports, but I'm curious as to whether it can run the display just as a monitor.
Apparently not
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4885
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:27 PM
Oddly enough, I just got a Thunderbolt update for my mid-2011 iMac 27".
Also, that Apple Support link I posted about Thunderbolt list a mid-2011 iMac AND a late 2011 iMac.
Did I miss something...?
Also, that Apple Support link I posted about Thunderbolt list a mid-2011 iMac AND a late 2011 iMac.
Did I miss something...?
This post has been edited by TowerTone: 16 September 2011 - 03:39 PM
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:34 PM
JMHammer, on 16 September 2011 - 03:06 PM, said:
Have you tested a non-Thunderbolt Mac with a Mini DisplayPort to determine if it can drive the Thunderbolt Display? Obviously such a Mac can't take advantage of *any* of the Thunderbolt Display's ports, but I'm curious as to whether it can run the display just as a monitor.
The lab tried it and it doesn't work.
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:38 PM
DougRobertson, on 16 September 2011 - 03:18 PM, said:
Say you have a 2011 MBP, a thunderbolt display and then another non-apple display that you had connected with an adapter... will it work through the thunderbolt display?
+1. I have some big purchasing decisions that hinge on whether it's possible to go
MBP > Thunderbolt Display > DVI-to-Mini-DisplayPort adapter > DVI cable > Samsung display.
For bonus points, I'd further like to be able to go
MBP > Thunderbolt Display > Daisy-chained Thunderbolt devices > DVI-to-Mini-DisplayPort adapter > DVI cable > Samsung display.
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:41 PM
TowerTone, on 16 September 2011 - 03:16 PM, said:
How did you hook the Pegasus 6 AND the Macbook Air via Thunderbolt at the same time?
Or were the Air and the Display both hooker to the Pegasus?
Seems the Thunderbolt Display still needs 2 Thunderbolt ports.
Or were the Air and the Display both hooker to the Pegasus?
Seems the Thunderbolt Display still needs 2 Thunderbolt ports.
The Thunderbolt Display has a two-headed cable permanently attached to it. One connector is a Tbolt connector that plugs into your Mac; the other connector is a MagSafe connector to keep your laptop charged.
Then there is a Tbolt connector on the back of the display. The Pegasus is connected to this. The Pegasus has two Tbolt ports, so you connect another device to the Pegasus.
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Posted 16 September 2011 - 03:46 PM
y83106, on 16 September 2011 - 03:45 PM, said:
How come the mini display port cinema display worked attached to the Promise but won't work, according to Apple, if attached to the thunderbolt display?
That's a really good question. Wish we knew the answer. I wonder if some thunderbolt ports have the ability to emulate the MDP signal, and others don't? And for some reason, Apple chose to not implement that feature on the Thunderbolt display. We don't know a lot about how Thunderbolt works, but it's weird.
