Apple DisplayPort-Dual Link DVI adapter delayed until December 23. Bah! Humbug! (flag)

www.9to5mac.com — I don't know what to say. I am livid.  Not only has Apple charged me $100 to use my 30 inch screen with my Unibody MacBook, the adapter is huge and takes a USB port for power.  Oh, and there was a one month wait for these part initially.  Also, the way this technology works, I ...

Hardware

Apple

vote downundo vote up 9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence found this 11/20/2008

Leave a Comment

Apple DisplayPort-Dual Link DVI adapter delayed until December 23. Bah! Humbug!
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — I don't know what to say. I am livid.  Not only has Apple charged me $100 to use my 30 inch screen with my Unibody MacBook, the adapter is huge and takes a USB port for power.  Oh, and there was a one month wait for these part initially.  Also, the way this technology works, I can't use a regular DVI adapter on a 30 inch monitor.  If I try, I get the same resolution as on my MacBooks built in display.  WTF. OK, whatever.  I am over it.  It should come any day now right?  Wrong!  In a letter that could have been worded by the Grinch, Apple wrote to tell me and probably many ...

Apple DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter Delayed to Dec. 23 [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... ; it's a custom cord that can't exactly be spotted between the batteries and singing cards at the drug store. Now Apple has informed preorderers to expect their shipments no sooner than December 23rd—which just goes to show that in a fight between Steve Jobs and Santa Claus, Steve Jobs would win...or something like that. [9to5mac] ...

Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI cable delayed until Christmas
SlashGear — ... Apple require you to buy if you ever want to use a new MacBook or MacBook Pro with your existing 30-inch Cinema Display?  Scheduled to ship 4-5 weeks after the new unibody aluminum laptops themselves, it was tough for people to decide whether to be most annoyed by the cost, the necessity or the ugliness of the solution.  Now Apple have added a fourth possibility: huge delays.  Those who pre-ordered the Mini DisplayLink to Dual-Link DVI cable have just been contacted to tell them that their adapters won’t be delivered until December 23rd. ...

Apple DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter Delayed Until Late December
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... 9to5Mac points out that if you’ve been waiting for Apple’s DisplayPort to Dual Link DVI Adapter, it has been delayed until late December. ...

Mini DisplayPort to Dual-DVI Delayed Until December 23 [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... USB slot to fulfill its power needs. The product’s ordering page at the Apple Store now shows expected shipping time at 4 to 5 weeks. In the letter notifying purchasers of the new shipping date, Apple cites only “an unexpected delay” as the cause of the additional wait time. They also offer the option of canceling your order in exchange for a full refund, but that’s not really an option if you need the adapter. Read the full notification email at 9to5mac. ...

‘Macsimum Recommended Reading’ for Nov. 21
Macsimum News — ... “Apple DisplayPort-Dual Link DVI adapter delayed until December 23. Bah! Humbug!’— 9to5 Mac “Man Sends Naughty Pics to Mistress, Blames iPhone: What do you do when your wife asks you what the heck these images of you doing naughty things are doing in your iPhone’s “Sent” outgoing mailbox? If you’re one man, you blame the event on an iPhone glitch that randomly takes images from your camera roll and puts them in your “Sent” mailbox without actually sending them.”— ...

DisplayPort and HDCP in your Mac: What you need to know
TG Daily - All News — ... built-in camera, microphone and speakers and charge the notebook while it is connected to the display. However, the transition to the new interconnect comes with a few downsides as well. A $99 Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter is required to hook up unibody Macbooks with a 20- or 23-inch Cinema Display that use DVI. Owners of the 30” Cinema Display need a $99 Mini DisplayPort-to-Dual-link DVI adapter. But the adapter is bulky, it requires a USB port for power and does not ship until December 23 , almost two months after the unibody Macbooks began shipping. Those who wish to ...