The most recently released Apple Macbook, Mac, and iMac series use Mini DisplayPort as its outgoing video port. Because Mini DisplayPort has rather uncommon presence, it has put lots of Mac users into awkward positions: probably you cannot use your own Macbook to give a presentation, or output your work project from Mac to an alternative display, or share your favorite photos to your friends or family on a bigger screen.
Isn’t Mac supposed to be convenient to use? This is totally not what you’ve paid the good money to Apple for.
Well, don’t worry, there are solutions.
Products With Mini DisplayPort
Currently, there is just a very short list of products that use 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 featuring 6 Mini DisplayPorts;
* Adapters and cables that will work with the above computers and displays.
The last family of products is what will help uou hook up your Mac or Macbook to your projector, lcd screen or HDTV.
Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
You will 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 buy a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, because just about practically every display, old or new, offers a VGA port. This is especially true if you need to frequently hook up your Macbook to a projector to deliver a presentation. Whereas some new projectors will have HDMI or DVI ports, not all of them do, but they all will have a VGA port, as VGA port has still been the no.1 most frequently used video port in colleges or business when considering presentation.
With Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, anyone can easily output video from your favorite Macbook or laptop to almost any display. You’ll be able to:
* Extend or mirror your own workstation to a different screen;
* Give presentation to the classmates, students or colleagues with your own Macbook or laptop;
* Share videos your friends on a bigger external screen or TV.
Because the specification also has been standardized, it is compatible with all the most recent Macs/Macbooks with Mini DisplayPort. And also the video output has resolution up to 1080p (FullHD) and 1920 x 1200 without having any compromise in video quality.