http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/

Just... *sigh*]]>Nov 10th 2009 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/It seems like I saw monitor companies putting in display port connectors for about 5.5 weeks and then they all switched to adding HDMI instead.]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
I know that the ThinkPad line has DisplayPort built in, as do our OptiPlex machines from Dell, both of which fall into the "managed product lifecycle" category and are designed for businesses.]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
If Apple were 'forward thinking' they would have opted for a 1.3+ HDMI port and would have incorporated a bluray drive in the lineup a year ago, but I digress.]]>Nov 10th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
It's a bit of a pain, but it's nothing I would get rid of my MBP over. ]]>Nov 10th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
Maybe that means a Core i5/i7 iMac could do it? Anyone bother to check?]]>Nov 10th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/I don't know about NVIDIA's chipset not supporting it. My Dell Studio XPS 13 has the same chipset and includes VGA, HDMI, and FULL SIZE Displayport, not mini displayport BS. The full size one I believe is actually shorter than the mini. My Studio XPS can output audio over HDMI, so it is able to output audio over more than just speakers and headphone jacks. Don't know about displayport though, I don't have anything that uses it.]]>Nov 10th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/NVidia's chipset doesn't support audio over DisplayPort. It's not the same as audio over HDMI.]]>Nov 10th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
Please, people, if you're going to own a Mac, know how to actually USE it and be sure to actually OWN the adapters/devices needed to use your Mac on a PC campus.]]>Nov 10th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
That said, we DO (for the time being) supply adapters upon request and it does suck to have to keep four different kinds in stock and keep track of them (G3/G4 iBook, Standard DVI->VGA, Mini-DVI->VGA, and DisplayPort->VGA). The previous university I worked at had a staunch policy of NOT supplying them for this very reason.
]]>Nov 10th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/That is so true...]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
Now I'll NEVER be able to find a full-sized displayport adaptor for my ThinkPad.

"Hi, do you have Displayport adaptor"

"Yeah, with the Apple accessories..."

"no, I mean FULL-SIZE displayport adapters"

"... Sorry, only Apple do displayport"*

*actual converstation I had in a computer store.]]>Nov 10th 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/I just shudder to even recall them.
Just buy online or goto a electronics parts store instead.
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Way to go Apple! Next you can switch the USB ports on your Macs to Micro-A so that I can't plug in anything without an adapter. Don't laugh, it'll happen.]]>Nov 10th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
Did you bitch this much when everything went from VGA to DVI? Did you try to blame that on Apple too? Would you rather everything stayed with DVI rather than moving on? You seem to be whining for the absolute dumbest of reasons in addition to blaming the wrong company for your terrible inconvenience.

Seriously, sack up. Take it like a man. Move forward with the rest of the world.]]>Nov 10th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
Back when the rest of the industry was using DE-9 RGB, Apple used DA-15, then DB13W3. Then the industry went to HDI-15 VGA and Apple went to that. But Apple wasn't satisfied. They created their AppleVision connector which even Apple had to abandon immediately because it was too wide to fit in a PCI slot! Apple retreated back to HDI-15 VGA. Then when digital came along Apple created the ADC connector which in the spirit of the AppleVision connector carried power and video on the same cable. The only problem was your Mac had to have a bigger power supply so it could run any display available (23" LCD, 16" CRT were the biggest power hogs). And even then, you couldn't run two of them, because putting in a power supply capable of running two 16" CRTs wasn't cost-effective. So Apple had to retreat to DVI, only to go against the grain again by with mini DVI, then micro-DVI, then Micro DisplayPort.

Don't act like I'm making stuff up. Apple has a long history of making weird connector decisions, especially when it comes to video.]]>Nov 10th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
How many more times do I need to say that before you get it? Not even one part of your entire last post is relevant because things like ADC were not VESA certified standard ports. Mini DP is. See the difference?]]>Nov 10th 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
It's widely regarded to be an overpriced cable/adapter/whatever, that doesn't work very well.

It's probably got more negative reviews than any other product on the Apple store website.]]>Nov 10th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Why do we have so many types of plugs that are supposed to do the same thing?
Why is Apple always producing a different plug? Just for the sake of producing adapters?
Apple produced mini-VGA, mini-DVI, and now mini-DP. What's next?
]]>Nov 10th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/
Presumably Micro DisplayPort is next...]]>Nov 10th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_port ]]>Nov 10th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Nov 10th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/apples-mini-displayport-gets-vesa-stamp-of-approval/Regards,]]>Nov 10th 2009 1:01PM