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Thunderbolt and mini display ports aren't the same thing. Although they use the same connection type, thunderbolt has additional features which allow it to tran
by tedivm 14y ago
Thunderbolt and mini display ports aren't the same thing. Although they use the same connection type, thunderbolt has additional features which allow it to transfer far, far more data. It also lets you chain devices together, which is going to be needed for all of those devices. You can't just slap the DVI adaptor and hope it'll work- especially if you need to chain the devices together to support all of them.
- teilo 14y agoI manage 80 Macs at my company. Half of them have Thunderbolt ports. All of them use mini-displayport-to-DVI adaptors, and some of them are daisy-chained together with other thunderbolt devices. If you have other Thunderbolt devices, just "slap the DVI adapter" on the end of the chain. You don't have to "hope it'll work". It's how the damn thing is designed! Go back and study what a Thunderbolt port is, and stop downvoting people in ignorance. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/16/apple-thunderbolt-display-with-multiple-monitors/ http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/16/apple-thunderbolt-displa... http://www.macworld.com/article/1162365/first_look_apple_thunderbolt_display.html http://www.macworld.com/article/1162365/first_look_apple_thu...