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VGA Source/DVI Source to Apple Thunderbolt Display (27-inch)
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<blockquote data-quote="lonewolf" data-source="post: 1326670" data-attributes="member: 191571"><p>It's funny in a sad way, I have the exact same situation. I'm typing this on my 27" iMac 2011. Next to me is my personal 2010 MacBook Pro 13" and my work Dell D630. Neither laptop has a Thunderbolt port.</p><p></p><p>So - I cannot use my 27" iMac display. There is in fact a confirmed report \ article on ArsTechnica where a miniDP Cinema display works via Thunderbolt - when connected downstream of a Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID array. So, it can work, they just haven't released anything for it yet.</p><p></p><p>What is doubly frustrating to me is that I just went all out Mac late last year. I picked up the MacBook Pro, then the iMac earlier this year. </p><p></p><p>The reasoning primarily being 'it just works' (along with a host of other reasons).</p><p></p><p>Now, it no longer 'just works'. In fact, it's hard to figure out what can or will work in the future with regards to TB. In the meantime, I'm missing out on real performance gains I could have had via USB 3.0 Plus, I'm loathe to open up my iMac and put in an SSD - so I'm booting off an external SSD via FW 800. If I had a 2010 iMac, i could have an eSata adapter put on it by OWC. No such doodads for this model.</p><p></p><p>I feel like I bought an Edsel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lonewolf, post: 1326670, member: 191571"] It's funny in a sad way, I have the exact same situation. I'm typing this on my 27" iMac 2011. Next to me is my personal 2010 MacBook Pro 13" and my work Dell D630. Neither laptop has a Thunderbolt port. So - I cannot use my 27" iMac display. There is in fact a confirmed report \ article on ArsTechnica where a miniDP Cinema display works via Thunderbolt - when connected downstream of a Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID array. So, it can work, they just haven't released anything for it yet. What is doubly frustrating to me is that I just went all out Mac late last year. I picked up the MacBook Pro, then the iMac earlier this year. The reasoning primarily being 'it just works' (along with a host of other reasons). Now, it no longer 'just works'. In fact, it's hard to figure out what can or will work in the future with regards to TB. In the meantime, I'm missing out on real performance gains I could have had via USB 3.0 Plus, I'm loathe to open up my iMac and put in an SSD - so I'm booting off an external SSD via FW 800. If I had a 2010 iMac, i could have an eSata adapter put on it by OWC. No such doodads for this model. I feel like I bought an Edsel. [/QUOTE]
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