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Display Off!: A Guide to Monitors For Your Mac

Posted 08/29/2011 at 3:55pm | by J.R. Bookwalter

It doesn’t seem so long ago that buying a new Mac often required buying a new display to go with it -- and there were plenty to choose from. Flash forward to the present and Apple is selling more notebooks and iMacs, which has all but negated the need for a separate monitor with many users. But for the few, the proud who still need one, here’s a quick look at your options.

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Plugged In: A Guide to Mini DisplayPort Connections

Posted 08/10/2011 at 10:30am | by J.R. Bookwalter

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Introduced in October, 2008, Mini DisplayPort is Apple’s current connection du jour for audio and video, and starting with the introduction of Thunderbolt earlier this year, the tiny jack is now host to high-speed hard drives and other peripherals as well. But did you know that Mini DisplayPort is capable of other amazing feats of strength as well?

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The Definitive Guide to Display Ports

Posted 04/27/2011 at 2:00pm | by Christopher Dack

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Video technology has evolved quickly over the last ten years and, to keep pace, Apple has had to change out the video ports on Macs with roughly the same frequency that Lady Gaga changes outfits. The general state of things currently is that older standards like VGA and DVI (and their variants) are being phased out and replaced by HDMI and DisplayPort (including its variants, Mini-DisplayPort and Thunderbolt). There are still plenty of peripherals with the older ports, however, and finding the correct adapter to suit your needs can be tricky.

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Apple Awarded Patent for Hybrid DisplayPort/USB 3.0 Connector

Posted 04/06/2011 at 3:35pm | by Brian Hogg

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Patently Apple, that wonderful repository of all things Apple's trying to get a patent on, revealed yesterday that Apple was recently awarded eight new patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office, and that second on the list was a previously unknown, but undeniably sexy hybrid DisplayPort/USB 3.0 adapter.

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Apple Patent Applications Describe Smaller Cable Connectors Carrying USB 3.0 and DisplayPort Data

Posted 04/08/2010 at 11:03pm | by Jason Whong

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Two of Apple's recent patent applications suggest Apple may want to shrink the size of cable connectors while combining different kinds of signals into the same cable, reducing desktop clutter.

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