I like my new laptop, don’t get me wrong, but I despise having to have an adapter to plug into different monitors. Digital projector? Where is that VGA adapter… Cinema display at work? Where is that DVI adapter… Why the hell do I have to have an adapter for both in the first place? I should be able to plug into SOMETHING without an adapter. Not to mention each adapter is $30.
What’s that? The new LED Cinema displays hook up to my laptop with no adapter, power the laptop and provide a USB hub? That’s great but that is one display. Name one more…
That’s what I thought.
friggin update: Older Apple Cinema display has crappy obscure DVI plug with rounded corners. Even with an adapter for DVI, my laptop can’t plug into this display without an additional adapter. One day, I won’t need these computers. I’ll just think internet and it’ll happen.
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but, come on dude… that Apple display is where it’s at.
It’s pretty sweet… looking. $900 for a 24″ monitor eh? Hrmph. Maybe a refurb at $600.
That’s not DVI on the old cinema display; It’s ADC (Apple Display Connector) and I’m not positive any MacBook, iBook, or PowerBook ever had that connection. It was a great design but it was one of the “Apple Only” things that just had no place in the modern world of “everything plugs into everything else”
Yeah, I think this was before any manufacturers had really put DVI on anything to begin with. I have an old display and maybe this’ll get my employer to get me a new display. ADC could allow power, usb and video to all connect through one plug but practicality got the best of them and their newer displays have a single plug that splits into the different interfaces.