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Apple Store (U.S.) - Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
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Apple Store (U.S.) - Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
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9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence:  More bitching: 30 inch display users assed out for 4-5 weeks on new MacBooks

SlashGear:  Apple 30-inch Cinema Display needs $99 cable to play with new MacBooks

Mac|Life all RSS Feed:  Mini DisplayPort Causing a Ruckus

Boing Boing Gadgets:  Monoprice Saves: Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters now available

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DisplayPort
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Apple Store (U.S.) - Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter
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Apple Store (U.S.) - Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter
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Apple Store (U.S.) - Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
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Apple Store (U.S.) - Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
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More bitching: 30 inch display users assed out for 4-5 weeks on new MacBooks
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... Sick of our whining yet?  Too bad.  We really love the new MacBooks but we've effectively been pushed out of the market for awhile.  You see, us and every other 30 inch monitor user will have to wait at least a month to get the MiniDisplayPort Adapter for the new laptops.  ...

Apple 30-inch Cinema Display needs $99 cable to play with new MacBooks
SlashGear — ... , but what if you’re perfectly happy (and who wouldn’t be?) with your existing 30-inch Cinema Display?  Apple has switched to Mini DisplayPort on their latest computing hardware, but the older LCD uses a DVI port.  No problem, Apple has your back… as long as you give them $99 for the adapter cable. ...

Mini DisplayPort Causing a Ruckus
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — [image] Apple's Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter isn't adapting very well. There have been a numerous of complaints on Apple's Support forums claiming that the adapter has a fault. The new adapter is intended for the latest MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and MacBook Airs with their nifty new Mini DisplayPort. Forums users have been reporting errors ranging from blackouts, to graphic corruptions that look like something out the movie Jacob's Ladder. Blame has been pointed towards the monitors themselves, wih claims that the adapter will only work with the ...

Monoprice Saves: Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters now available
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... Relatedly, have you seen the bad reviews for the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter on Apple's site? Sounds like those might be lemons. (I like Mini DisplayPort, too; I just hate paying out the nose for cables and adapters.) ...

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discussions.apple.com 12/22/2008 — I just got the new Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter. It works fine visually on my 30 inch Cinema HD display, but now my mouse cursor is jumpy. Every few seconds as I drag my mouse, the cursor jumps 5-10 inches, making it hard and frustrating ...
Apple's Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter Has Periodic Distortion Issues [Mini Displayport]
gizmodo.com 12/31/2008 — We've been waiting a few months for the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapter in order to hook up our 30-inch Dell 3007WFP monitor, but when it got here, it was periodically unusable . Here's the issue: occasionally (somewhere between a few ...
Apple DisplayPort-Dual Link DVI adapter delayed until December 23. Bah! Humbug!
9to5mac.com 11/20/2008 — 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 ...
Support - Discussions - Mini Displayport to Dual-Link DVI not ...
discussions.apple.com 6/24/2009 — Yeah well I have the older dell 30" that doesn't have displayport, and the apple 30" doesn't have displayport either. Those of us that still need dual-link dvi are screwed with this disaster of an adapter. I am absolutely shocked that apple has let ...
DisplayPort: What You Need to Know
macworld.com 10/17/2008 — Peter Cohen on why DisplayPort is better than DVI.  ★ 
Apple licenses Mini DisplayPort for free
macworld.com 12/2/2008 — Apple is hoping to spur adoption of the Mini DisplayPort Connector by offering it for free licensing to interested parties.
Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter ships next month for under $15
engadgethd.com 2/10/2009 — Who says you need a knock-down-drag-out to determine whether your next component should have HDMI or DisplayPort ? The forward-thinking cats at Monoprice have finally provided a ship date for the forthcoming (March 15th) Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI ...
Apple's Nvidia Graphics Update Doesn't Fix Mini DisplayPort Dual-Link DVI Distortion Issues [Apple]
i.gizmodo.com 1/29/2009 — That Nvidia graphics fix Apple released yesterday that fixed "cursor movement" with Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapters on MacBooks? Totally didn't fix the distortion issues . In a related note, some people on the forums are claiming that ...
Apple offers free licensing for Mini DisplayPort spec
arstechnica.com 12/1/2008 — Apple is offering free evaluation and implementation licenses for its Mini DisplayPort connector designs. Hopefully, this will help make Mini DisplayPort a de facto standard instead of an Apple-only technology. Read More...
Apple makes Mini DisplayPort license free
macnn.com 12/1/2008 — Apple is opening up access to its Mini DisplayPort standard, according to an announcement. Though Apple did not develop DisplayPort proper, the company has created a more compact version of the technology to accompany its new unibody MacBooks, as well ...
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