The most recent Apple Macbook, Mac, and iMac series use Mini DisplayPort as its outgoing video port. Because Mini DisplayPort has rather rare occurrence, now this has put a large number of Mac users into awkward positions: it is likely you cannot use your own Macbook to give a presentation, or output your work project from Mac to a different display, or simply just share your favorite photos to your family or friends on a bigger screen.
Isn’t Mac supposed to be easy to use? That’s totally not what you’ve paid the good money to Apple for.
Well, don’t get worried, there are actually solutions.
Products With Mini DisplayPort
Currently, there is just a very short list of products that are applying 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 with its 6 Mini DisplayPorts;
* Adapters and cables compatible with these computers and displays.
The last category of products is what will help uou hook up your favorite Mac or Macbook to your projector, display or HDTV.
Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
You’ll find 3 main Mini DisplayPort adapters: Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapters, Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters, and Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapters.
It is the safest to get a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, because just about practically every display, old or new, contains a VGA port. This is especially true if you want to frequently connect the Macbook to a projector to give a presentation. Whereas some new projectors do have HDMI or DVI ports, not all of them do, however they all feature a VGA port, as VGA port has still been the no.1 most regularly used video port in colleges or business when it comes to presentation.
Having a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, now you can easily output video from your Macbook or laptop to any type of display. You can:
* Extend or mirror your favorite workstation to a different screen;
* Give presentation to your classmates, students or colleagues with your own Macbook or laptop;
* Share videos your family and friends on a bigger external screen or TV.
Considering that the specification has become standardized, it is compatible with all the recent Macs/Macbooks with Mini DisplayPort. Plus the video output has resolution up to 1080p (FullHD) and 1920 x 1200 with no compromise in video quality.