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Macbook 13" connecting to a 20" Cinema Display
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<blockquote data-quote="Orchardmead143" data-source="post: 1255422" data-attributes="member: 202089"><p>I have been through a similar exercise to you but with the latest 2011 macbook pro 15". </p><p></p><p>Is this the macbook you have?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1562" target="_blank">MacBook (13-inch) through MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009): External ports and connectors</a></p><p></p><p>With this port?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DVI" target="_blank">Mini-DVI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p>If so, then you need to purchase a a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter.</p><p></p><p>This is the Apple one...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://store.apple.com/uk/product/M9321G/B" target="_blank">Apple Mini DVI to DVI Adapter - Apple Store (UK)</a></p><p></p><p>The large cable plug of the 3 you are holding in you hand is the DVI -D from the monitor. It should be plugged into the female DVI-D socket in the Apple adapter with the smaller end going into your macboook.</p><p></p><p>I purchased mine from NEET cables (I am in the UK also), but I cannot see it on their site for the earlier models. A search for the adapter brings up the options should you wish to go elsewhere.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=mini-DVI+to+DVI-D&cp=18&pf=p&sclient=psy&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=mini-DVI+to+DVI-D+&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=354d4253d6778b69&biw=1920&bih=988" target="_blank">Google</a></p><p></p><p>A further search brings up this adapter..</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&xhr=t&q=mini-DVI+to+DVI-D&cp=18&biw=1920&bih=988&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14729678579587552978&sa=X&ei=ioP_Te_UL8iDhQf93MWaCw&sqi=2&ved=0CFAQ8wIwAA" target="_blank">http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&xhr=t&q=mini-DVI+to+DVI-D&cp=18&biw=1920&bih=988&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14729678579587552978&sa=X&ei=ioP_Te_UL8iDhQf93MWaCw&sqi=2&ved=0CFAQ8wIwAA</a></p><p></p><p>It is worthy of consideration because you can not only run another monitor off it at the same time (so they say), but it gives you an option later using an HDMI cable to use a later standard monitor that uses the latest HDMI input.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orchardmead143, post: 1255422, member: 202089"] I have been through a similar exercise to you but with the latest 2011 macbook pro 15". Is this the macbook you have? [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1562]MacBook (13-inch) through MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009): External ports and connectors[/url] With this port? [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DVI]Mini-DVI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] If so, then you need to purchase a a Mini-DVI to DVI adapter. This is the Apple one... [url=http://store.apple.com/uk/product/M9321G/B]Apple Mini DVI to DVI Adapter - Apple Store (UK)[/url] The large cable plug of the 3 you are holding in you hand is the DVI -D from the monitor. It should be plugged into the female DVI-D socket in the Apple adapter with the smaller end going into your macboook. I purchased mine from NEET cables (I am in the UK also), but I cannot see it on their site for the earlier models. A search for the adapter brings up the options should you wish to go elsewhere. [url=http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&xhr=t&q=mini-DVI+to+DVI-D&cp=18&pf=p&sclient=psy&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=mini-DVI+to+DVI-D+&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=354d4253d6778b69&biw=1920&bih=988]Google[/url] A further search brings up this adapter.. [url]http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&xhr=t&q=mini-DVI+to+DVI-D&cp=18&biw=1920&bih=988&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14729678579587552978&sa=X&ei=ioP_Te_UL8iDhQf93MWaCw&sqi=2&ved=0CFAQ8wIwAA[/url] It is worthy of consideration because you can not only run another monitor off it at the same time (so they say), but it gives you an option later using an HDMI cable to use a later standard monitor that uses the latest HDMI input. [/QUOTE]
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