On a Mac everything “just works”? Think again!
Lured by the ads that the new Apple 24″ LED Cinema Display was “made for the Macbook Air”, I brought one home. But it is not made for my 4-month old MacBook Air - only for MacBook Air from November 2008 and later. Even though Apple needed another display connector like a moose needs a hatrack, they decided to give the 24″ LED Cinema Display only their own Mini DisplayPort. By publishing the spec, this Apple-only interface has magically been turned into a “standard” - used by exactly three notebooks in the universe. And my 1st generation MacBook air has a Micro-DVI port, not a Mini DisplayPort.
So is there an adapter? No. Can I have the old 23″ Apple monitor to go with my “old” Macbook? Sorry, Apple has discontinued those.
Pleased with my MacBook Air (awesome, even the 1st gen), I was ready to set up an iMac at home. But now it’s abundantly clear that the time when everything “just worked” with Mac was before Steve Jobs went on sick leave…
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