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Even a brand-new Macbook would be unable to power this display. All currently sold Macbooks can only power displays up to 2560 by 1600; the Macbook Air can powe
by cbhl 13y ago
Even a brand-new Macbook would be unable to power this display. All currently sold Macbooks can only power displays up to 2560 by 1600; the Macbook Air can power one external display at this resolution, and the Macbook Pro can power two. (Edit: The iMac can also only power one additional display at the same resolution.)
If you want to use a Mac with a 4K display, consider getting a Mac Pro, which can power up to three of them.
- 0x0 13y agoThis article claims the hardware in the latest macbooks can support it, but the current osx drivers max out at 30hz: http://9to5mac.com/2013/12/23/new-retina-macbook-pros-can-drive-4k-displays-at-60hz-when-running-windows-mac-os-needs-new-drivers/ http://9to5mac.com/2013/12/23/new-retina-macbook-pros-can-dr...
- ggreer 13y agoThe MacBook Air from 2012 or later can drive two 2560x1600 displays at 60fps: https://twitter.com/Antagonist/status/252936243606859777/photo/1 https://twitter.com/Antagonist/status/252936243606859777/pho... (It only has one Thunderbolt port, but Thunderbolt displays can be chained.) While the integrated graphics on the 2013 models can drive 4k displays at 60fps, only Thunderbolt 2 has the necessary bandwidth. The latest rMBPs have Thunderbolt 2, so they should be fine once OS X's drivers are updated. Everything else is stuck at 30fps.
- steffan 13y agoI'm using a 4K monitor with a late-2013 MacBook Pro
- mturmon 13y agoI think you are wrong here. I've used a late-2013 rMBP with a 4K monitor (OS 10.9.1) at 30Hz. It's a supported configuration (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6008?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6008?viewlocale=en_US&locale=e...).