The top of the line Apple Macbook, Mac, and iMac series use Mini DisplayPort as its outgoing video port. Because Mini DisplayPort has rather unusual presence, now this has put lots of Mac users into awkward positions: probably you cannot use your Macbook to give a presentation, or output your work project from Mac to a new display, or maybe share your own photos to your friends or family on a bigger screen.
Isn’t Mac said to be user friendly? That is totally not what you’ve paid the good money to Apple for.
Well, at this time, there are actually solutions.
Products With Mini DisplayPort
Currently, there is just a very short list of items that use Mini DisplayPort:
* Apple Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro 13 inch, 15 inch, and 17 inch;
* Apple Mac, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, iMac, Xserve;
* Toshiba Satellite Pro S500, Tecra M11, A11 and S11 notebooks;
* AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition featuring its 6 Mini DisplayPorts;
* Adapters and cables compatible with the above mentioned computers and displays.
The last category of products is exactly what will allow you to hook up your Mac or Macbook to your projector, display or HDTV.
Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
You can get 3 main Mini DisplayPort adapters: Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapters, Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters, and Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapters.
It’s the safest to get a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, because just about every display, old or new, contains a VGA port. This runs specifically true if you want to frequently connect your favorite Macbook to a projector to give a presentation. While some new projectors have HDMI or DVI ports, not all of them do, but they all carry a VGA port, as VGA port has still been the no.1 most regularly used video port in colleges or business when considering presentation.
Using Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, you will easily output video from your own Macbook or laptop to any kind of display. You can:
* Extend or mirror your own workstation to another screen;
* Give presentation to your favorite classmates, students or colleagues with your Macbook or laptop;
* Share videos your family and friends on a bigger external screen or TV.
Considering that specification also has been standardized, it’s compatible with all the most recently released Macs/Macbooks with Mini DisplayPort. And also the video output has resolution up to 1080p (FullHD) and 1920 x 1200 and no compromise in video quality.
Tags: apple macbook, displayport, dvi adapters, vga adapters