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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    10/02/09

    In reply to Now Available
    shit, for $180 I would much rather just buy a 24" Samsung LCD and hook that up to my macbook pro (and get a $9 Mini DIsplayPort to DVI dongle from monoprice)
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Latest MacBooks Still Have Mini DisplayPort Dual-Link DVI Distortion Issues
    This is really disappointing.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/23/09

    In reply to Apple's Latest MacBooks Still Have Mini DisplayPort Dual-Link DVI Distortion Issues
    that's pretty unforgivable for a top of the line product created by a company whose reputation relies on ease of use, simplicity, and reliability - and who charges a not insignificant premium for it.
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    Image of SamburgerHandwich SamburgerHandwich
    06/23/09

    @nutbastard: hardware problems are actually pretty frequent with new apple products. they usually work out the kinks, but it can take a while.


    This issue seems to relate to the adapter itself, so I don't see how the new macs are relevant to the issue.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/23/09

    @SamburgerHandwich:


    but DVI and MDP both use the same signal - it's just the pins that are different (AFAIK) just like HDMI and DVI, which is why cheap adapters for these exist. same with S-Video to Component - easy as pie, they both use the RGB standard.

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    Image of madog madog
    01/29/09

    In reply to Apple Mysteriously Pulls Nvidia Update, Mysteriously
    I love Apple, for the most part, but I also live in the real world and know full well that what they offer isn't, and shouldn't be, for everyone.


    That said, I'm really hoping this MiniDisplay Port stuff ends up blowing up in their faces.

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    Image of balls187 balls187
    01/29/09

    @madog: not me, I got a unibody mbp :(
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/29/09

    In reply to Apple Mysteriously Pulls Nvidia Update, Mysteriously
    Boy, Steve's only on vacation for a couple of weeks and already the place is falling apart...
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    Image of Monty Monty
    01/29/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate: Well, to be fair, this problem was out there before he left. Makes you wonder if he is hiding because he knew the natives were getting restless.
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    Image of rockstarjoe rockstarjoe
    01/29/09

    In reply to Apple Mysteriously Pulls Nvidia Update, Mysteriously
    I smell a recall coming...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/29/09

    @rockstarjoe: I hope it ends up more than a recall. I hope it ends up with Apple being bitten in the ass by a bunch of pissed off customers. I'd like them to get a reminder that they need to keep a good hearty Q&A.
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    01/29/09

    In reply to Apple Mysteriously Pulls Nvidia Update, Mysteriously
    And they still haven't fixed the dark CRT glitch on my 2004 eMac.
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    01/29/09

    @Nintenboy01: Turn it on.


    Problem = solved.

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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    01/29/09

    In reply to Apple Mysteriously Pulls Nvidia Update, Mysteriously
    Is it just me or are the problems that Apple hw and sw have more impactful than the ones that Windows does? With all the Apple marketing and blog commenters out there, one gets the sense that they can do no wrong.

    It may just be a case of "only I can beat my dog" for Apple fans, I suppose, cause there are plenty of complaints out there from their biggest cheerleaders.

    Disclaimer: I am not an Apple hater.
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    Image of JDickson87 JDickson87
    01/29/09

    @jestermeister: Well, I'm running Vista, and I have to say, if there's something wrong that needs updating (I can only think of one thing- the disk transfer speed problems), when MS releases an update, it's done. Fixed. Not so much with Apple, it seems. Especially bad when you consider that Apple controls all the hardware, too, so they aren't coding for millions of hardware configurations as MS has to.
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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    01/29/09

    @jdickson87: Right...so they have less of an excuse...but I guess my question was more on the psychology of the archetypal Apple "fanboy".
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    01/29/09

    @jestermeister: How much do you know about the concept of the one dimensional character?


    See also:

    Stockholm Syndrome

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    Image of balls187 balls187
    01/29/09

    @jestermeister: To be fair, this really isn't Apple's fault. It's Nvidia's fault. Nvidia puts out shitty drivers (ATI does as well).
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    Image of Enigmaaron1 Enigmaaron1
    01/29/09

    In reply to Apple Mysteriously Pulls Nvidia Update, Mysteriously
    Love my original MacBook Pro full size DVI port, can't screw that one up. Hopefully Apple catches on and uses the standar HDMI port soon. Or DisplayPort gets standardized in 2.0 to something Apple uses (and becomes popular).
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/29/09

    @Enigmaaron1: The latter will most likely be the case, though this will take some getting used to. Dell's Adamo also has Displayport, and because it allows for much smaller form factors, I think it'll become increasingly popular on smaller notebooks.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/29/09

    In reply to Apple Mysteriously Pulls Nvidia Update, Mysteriously
    Terrible.


    I have to ask, is this affecting the Macbooks with Displayport only, or are the recently-updated white Macbooks affected as well?

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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    01/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: seems like displayport.
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    12/01/08

    In reply to Apple's Mini DisplayPort Might Not Be BS Proprietary Port After All
    Reminds me of another classic:
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    Image of daftrok daftrok
    12/01/08

    In reply to Apple's Mini DisplayPort Might Not Be BS Proprietary Port After All
    Why didn't they just use regular DisplayPort?!

    [www.trustedreviews.com]


    They clearly have the room for it. And they didn't use it. Why? Because they want you to buy their adapters because hardly any other maker was fucking retarded and used mini DisplayPort. In other words, Apple wants you to buy their adapters. This is almost as bad as that time when we found out that you have to have your battery and plug plugged in in order to get the full potential of the battery. This ensured that you couldn't take your battery out to save it from dying from the heat. What a bunch of assholes.

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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    12/01/08

    @daftrok: Well, if more people than Apple use it, it would be nice, since it's a smaller plug. But agreed, in the meantime, these kinds of things are fairly heinous.
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    Image of KLanD KLanD
    12/01/08

    In reply to Apple's Mini DisplayPort Might Not Be BS Proprietary Port After All
    See, the problem is not the fact it's DVI, the problem is not the fact that it's mini. The problem is that you always need to carry around 2 adapters (Which cost extra) at all times if you actually want to use the port.


    So i say boo. Just put a regular DVI or VGA out and forget about the adapters. However, as we all know, Apple needs to be "different". I.E. make you pay more than you need for useless stuff.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/08

    @KLanD: DVI only I says. On smaller notebooks, you can just have DVI and use a DVI-to-VGA adapter if you need it.
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    Image of CaliBoom CaliBoom
    12/01/08

    @Kaiser-Machead: Problem is that if you're hooking up to a typical projector for some presentation, you're very likely to get VGA (might have DVI or something, but you're more likely to get the good ol' VGA) so you are stuck with VGA.


    Shoot - the netbooks can do with VGA. . .why can't Apple?

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    Image of imTheKing imTheKing
    12/01/08

    @CaliBoom: who wants VGA? DVI, fine but VGA? How about HDMI, I'd prefer than over both VGA and DVI.
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    12/01/08

    @imTheKing: From DVI you can adapt to anything. With minidisplayport you have to adapt to everything.
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    Image of queball queball
    12/01/08

    In reply to Apple's Mini DisplayPort Might Not Be BS Proprietary Port After All
    I have posted the technical drawings for the Mini Displayport connector that I was sent by Molex (the guys who make the plugs and PCB part for Apple)


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    12/01/08

    @queball: You have just made many Chinese fab shops very happy.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    11/26/08

    In reply to HDCP Restrictions Rolled Back on New MacBooks
    DRM: Harming the innocent since inception.
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