Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
The Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter lets you connect the 30-inch Apple Cinema Display HD to a MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air with a Mini DisplayPort.
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Overview
The new MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air each have a Mini DisplayPort that allows you to connect an external display or projector using an adapter. You can use an external display as your main workspace or to extend your desktop, or you can work in mirrored mode with a projector so you can view what your audience sees.
Use the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter to connect your MacBook, MacBook Pro, or MacBook Air to a 30-inch display that includes a DVI connector, such as the 30-inch Apple Cinema Display HD, and enjoy the ultimate widescreen canvas with a resolution of 2560 by 1600 pixels.
Compatible only with MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air with Mini DisplayPort and Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later.
Most Recent Reviews
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter is terrible
Written by RP from Newark
21-Feb-2009
I read the reviews, but since I replaced my 2 year old macbook pro 17, with a brand new unibody, i needed this adapter. Tried 2, a…Read morebsolute terrible performance. Display looks grainy, it flickers every now and then, fet random bars down right habd side, and I cant see to use the usb socket on the adapter even with an iPhone - please leave well alone until its fixed.
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Slow MacBook Pro
Written by SY from Davis
21-Feb-2009
After paying $99 plus tax, I thought I will be very happy driving 30 inch Apple Cinema Display from my new MacBookPro. Wrong! It…Read more is SLOW !!! Especially when I run VMWare Fusion full screen mode, my Mac runs so slowly that I fall asleep. I am not sure why they made MDP to run only half the capacity. Apple must have known this, so then they should have left dual DVI or provided a different solution.
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Problem's with 30" Display
Written by DH from Greenwood
20-Feb-2009
As others have stated there are many problems with this adapter and using it with a 30" display. I never had a single problem wit…Read moreh my two prior 15" MacBook Pro's and my Dell 30" display. With this adapter I experience flicker every 10-15 minutes and have seen it drop one link of the dual-link connection as well. I would avoid this adapter and had I known this would not have purchased a new 15" MacBook Pro.
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Flaky performance
Written by AP from Phoenix
19-Dec-2008
I had to plug and unplug my monitor several times before it worked and even now the monitor won't wake up from sleep! Sometimes wh…Read moreen it does come up it flickers and has jaggies. I have to unplug the DVI and plug it back in to get it to stop. I never had any issues at all with this monitor on my old MBP. The size of this thing it HUGE, I can't believe they couldn't make it smaller. Literally about 3x4 inches! Feels like they released a poor product AND they did it LATE!
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Flicker, sporadic issues...
Written by AI from BOSTON
22-Dec-2008
Major issues...
First, when I plugged it into my brand new 2008 Macbook Pro I got a message saying that the USB device drew too…Read more much power! I did manage to make it work by plugging it into my monitor's USB hub, but wow...
Secondly, there is a slight flicker. You can see it clearly with certain kinds of backgrounds and fill patterns. It almost looks like the kind of noise you get with analog, except it's DVI. It's not a severe problem, but *any* flicker with DVI is ridiculous.
Finally, sometimes it just fails. The screen will go all weird, and you have to reset it. Again, it looks like an analog failure mode except it's not...
I'm going to wait a bit and then trying exchanging my adaptor at the Apple store. Maybe there are issues with the first-run units.
Apple really botched this one. Dongles are bad enough, but overpriced broken ones... come on guys...
(195 of 211 people found this review useful)
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Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter
Doesn't Work with Gateway 30" Extreme Monitor
Written by TP from Saint Charles
19-Dec-2008
Plug this new cable into my new macbook pro and 30" Gateway monitor and monitor is not seeing apple cable as a dual dvi cable. Was…Read morete of money.
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