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more about #ports Canoehead: That's cute - I was worried that nobody would take care of the poor little orphan. #minidisplayport more » thecman: Good. VGA and XGA need to die a horrible death. #minidisplayport more » MaQ: There is a joke when an small older car, slammed the brand new BMW from behind and the on-board computer in the BMW showed on the display: "Found n... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I saw this earlier on XKCD, have the feed on my Google Reader, so I'm just passing by to say: XKCD IS AWESOME Also: USB thumb drive more » Kaiser-Machead: Everyone knows the only real way to interact with hardware is to put a coaxial port on the base of your skull. more » OMG! Ponies!: I installed an older Debian build in an old 1979 Cutlass Ciera. Sure, the hardware is kind of decrepit and not in regular circulation, but there's pr... more » Jestermeister: This is ridiculous. A usb port implanted into organic material would never work without the supporting hardware, power, and internal circuitry. Soft... more » panth77: Actually you'll get about 6 different projects all run by different people. And they'll bicker and argue over which is the proper way to implement it,... more » Dane Bendixen: You'd have to have a very fast external drive, nay, a RAID or fast SSD to utilize anything much over USB 2.0 speeds. more » strider_mt2k: Yes, even now top scienticians are modifying "USB Humping Dogs" to qualify for this new standard so that hilarity and mirth will continue into the for... more » Sonicare Bear: Damn! Just when I though it was safe to buy a Macbook. I'm stuck in perpetual next year trying to buy my Macbook. more » balls187: How about a Mini Display Port to Dual Link DVI that isn't a POS? more » daftrok: Why didn't Apple put HDMI on their Macbooks? If it's on AppleTV, it can be on their laptops. Complete bullshit. more » tok3ninja: If only they made an adapter to make Macs suck less. more » Mister Eee: thank god for monoprice even if there shipping takes 3 weeks more » ottermann killed Kenny: If Apple was kind enough to license it for free, then the manufacturers should be kind enough to sell the adapters for the cost of making them. Apple ... more » amābō tē?「Tayler」: Apple angers me more » KLanD: Don't hold your breath. If the displayport standard hasn't been adapted yet, it probably won't. It seems HDMI is becoming the HD output of choice for ... more » verythrax: Yeah, it will be non-proprietary as Sony's Memory Stick =/ "Oh, but it's from Apple!" Meh. more » Justin Evidon: Great, but can we add Magsafe to that list of freely-licensed specs? more » -
#cartoon
There Are No Limits for Linux Hackers
This chuckling cartoon reminds me of that classic, dreamy quote: "If you build it, some Linux hacker will write a driver for it." Or something like that. [XKCD] -
#usb
USB 3.0-Equipped PCs To Start Shipping By End of 2009
Most of the news about USB 3.0—the finalization of the spec, the first drivers, the first controller—doesn't tell us much about when we'll actually get to see a product hit stores. The answer? According to Nikkei, before 2010. More » -
#minidisplayport
The Flood of Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapters for Macs Begins With Apogee
Apple's free licensing of the Mini DisplayPort spec is finally bearing fruit: Besides Monoprice's MDP-to-HDMI adapter, Apogee informs that their own is now finished, will be coming soon to a "major reseller." -
#minidisplayport
Apple's Mini DisplayPort Will Be Official Part of DisplayPort 1.2 Specification
Apple's shrunken version of DisplayPort will officially become part of the DisplayPort 1.2 spec, meaning there's a better-than-ever chance we'll actually see it in gadgets and computers from other people. Death to proprietary ports! [MacRumors] -
