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New MacBooks and Apple Displays Out Today: Rumor Roundup
Today @ PC World —
... one as a graphic output solution. DisplayPort is a license and royalty free digital audio/video port, used primarily between computers and display monitors or a home-theater system. Other ...
What Apple Didn't Announce Today
Forward Thinking by Michael J. Miller —
... battery performance. There's also the new glass "multi-touch" touchpad, which lets you tap in multiple times to do different things. Apple has been famous for having a single mouse button, where Windows machines had at least two. Now Apple has none (unless you consider the whole touchpad to be a button). It's interesting, but I'm not really sure why that's a big improvement. Also worth mentioning is the mini DisplayPort. Most of the notebook vendors I've talked to are moving to DisplayPort , which is designed for better resolution and simpler setup, but Apple may be first ...
Steve Jobs press conference brings $999 MacBook but still no Blu-ray
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk —
... Mini DisplayPort instead of mini-DVI. Maybe there's a good business in selling $30 dongles (especially if people find they need both VGA and DVI adaptors). Or maybe a lot of MacBook users like Dell monitors. Still, it's interesting to see Apple moving before DisplayPort really takes off in the marketplace…. ...
MacBooks, monitors and DisplayPort: a primer
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... DisplayPort isn't an Apple technology - it's an emerging I/O standard that's designed for video - effectively in the running against HDMI. ...
DisplayPort: What You Need to Know
PC World Latest Technology News —
... replaces the DVI and mini-DVI interfaces found on older models. But is this another proprietary debacle like Apple's failed Apple Display Connector (ADC) standard? No. DisplayPort is, in fact, an open industry standard promoted by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), the same group that determines standard sizes for flat panel display mounts, for example. And Apple isn't the only company supporting DisplayPort. HP, Philips, Samsung, Lenovo, AMD, Nvidia, Intel and many other companies have thrown their weight behind the standard, so we'll be seeing a lot more ...
Apple Licensing Out Mini DisplayPort Spec For Free
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... The Mini DisplayPort is a smaller version of the DisplayPort. Apple has officially announced that all of their future products will use the Mini DisplayPort spec. “Apple has already designed and shipped the 24″ LED Cinema Display that uses Mini DisplayPort as its sole connection, and Apple is hoping that other display, graphics card, and computer vendors will adopt Mini DisplayPort, making it a de facto standard, unlike Mini-VGA and Mini-DVI, which were essentially Apple-only,” Ars explains. ...
Apple's Mini DisplayPort becomes official VESA spec
Infinite Loop —
... Mini DisplayPort is an Apple-designed miniature version of the VESA-approved DisplayPort, which fully supports the protocol while offering a more compact connector. Apple first started rolling out mDP-compatible computers in the fall of 2008 with its notebook revision, and has since been adding it to more of the company's machines. DisplayPort offers ...
Apple's Mini DisplayPort Standard Specified
TechWeb —
... for the Mac Pro, MacBooks, Mac Mini and Apple TV. The 24-inch display, released this year, costs $499, versus $899 for the same size Cinema Display from Apple. The mDP standard can be downloaded free of charge from VESA. InformationWeek Analytics outlines the 10 questions you need to ask to see where netbooks fit within your organization. ...
Apple's Mini DisplayPort Standard Specified
bMighty.com - Features —
... for the Mac Pro, MacBooks, Mac Mini and Apple TV. The 24-inch display, released this year, costs $499, versus $899 for the same size Cinema Display from Apple. The mDP standard can be downloaded free of charge from VESA. InformationWeek Analytics outlines the 10 questions you need to ask to see where netbooks fit within your organization. ...
VESA anoints Apple’s Mini DisplayPort as mDP standard
MacDailyNews —
... or www.displayport.org . Source: VESA [Attribution: Ars Technica. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lurker_PC" for the heads up.]
VESA anoints Apple’s Mini DisplayPort as standard
MacDailyNews —
... or www.displayport.org . Source: VESA [Attribution: Ars Technica. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lurker_PC" for the heads up.]
VESA updates Embedded DisplayPort Standard Version 1.1a
Ubergizmo —
... on the VESA DisplayPort 1.1a Standard. The DisplayPort Standard is oriented toward external applications with emphasis on interoperability between system vendors and interconnection cables. Newer PC chipsets and GPUs designed for notebook PCs support both DisplayPort and eDP from the same video port connections, enabling configuration options to the system integrator.
If you're interested in the Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) Standard, that is available free of charge here. [Press Release]
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