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From the Thunderbolt section: "The 27-inch iMac includes a second Thunderbolt port for even more expansion possibilities. Connect up to six more devices or a d
by CognitiveLens 15y ago
From the Thunderbolt section:
"The 27-inch iMac includes a second Thunderbolt port for even more expansion possibilities. Connect up to six more devices or a display or two."
Sounds good.
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- jrockway 15y agoThis is what's amazing about Apple. That a grey-box PC has been able to take a $50 video card for decades to get three monitors, nobody cares. When Apple introduces a new connector to do it, though, suddenly it's so exciting that people are willing to throw away their perfectly-good computers and spend $3000 on two new ones. Wow!
- cooldeal 15y agoIt was the same thing when Apple introduced hybrid display options, switching between the integrated and discrete graphics card to conserve battery or get maximum performance. There were a lot of fans who thought Apple was the first, but Sony was doing the same thing for at least 3 or 4 years prior.
- riobard 15y agoWhere does the $3000 price tag come from? The high-end configuration of 27" iMac costs $2000. Considering the 2560x1600 screen and a bunch of other goodies, I'll be happily paying for it.
- jrockway 15y agoHe deleted his comment, but said that he was going to buy an iMac and a new MacBook Air as a result of the iMac having two Thunderbolt ports.
- danieldk 15y agoTrue. On the other hand, Apple had dual display laptops, when many other brands still supported mirroring only.
- trythis4 15y agoStop trolling / submitting tired, caustic UX/aesthetics-denialist remarks in Apple threads. And yes, you are trolling because the notion that people are throwing away their computers just because "Apple introduces a new connector" to hook up monitors is unbelievably asinine. People buy Macs and often spend a lot of money on them because they offer, for them, the best overall package. And believe it or not, that package is not simply about hardware specs and functionality. These people don't care about that grey box PC because it doesn't even begin to approach being a viable substitute. Take it from someone who's been using and building his own grey box PCs for the greater part of his life. You can disagree that Macs offer an overall package worth their price, but you're not everybody.
- jrockway 15y agoWow, someone with a one-hour-old account is telling me what to post to HN. You can disagree that Macs offer an overall package worth their price, but you're not everybody. And you can disagree that Macs don't offer anything over a grey box for their price, but you're not everybody. Do you see that this is not a very good argument technique?
- Aqua_Geek 15y agoI think you misunderstood the parent. With the old iMac, you could plug your MacBook Pro, for example, into it and use it as just a monitor. I, too, would like to know if this is still a possibility.
- axxl 15y agoIt looks like you can still use it as a monitor by itself: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/03/2011-imac-notes-magic-trackpad-option-display-connectivity-boot-camp-update/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/03/2011-imac-notes-magic-tr...
- Aqua_Geek 15y agoThanks for that. Though it looks like it only works with Thunderbolt-equipped models: http://www.macworld.com/article/159616/2011/05/imacs_thunderbolt_target_display_mode.html http://www.macworld.com/article/159616/2011/05/imacs_thunder...