No Support for the Pro Market or even the Mac Mini users?

I would guess that this is a staggered roll out with two possible outcomes.

1) We will probably see an adapter for DVI to Mini Display

and/or

2) New updated displays will be coming soon.

Apple wants to be able to keep up with demand and they would like you to buy a new MBP before they sell you an adapter to use your old MBP with the new display.

Of course, who really knows for sure.

K

There must be some kind of strategy behind not releasing a DVI to Mini display adapter, i just don't know what it is.
i have a Mac Pro desktop and was planning to buy the new display, but guess that will have to wait.

My guess is that they will come out with new desktop displays before too long. I would think that being able to keep up with initial demand is a high priority.

K

Its a cruel joke right?
Keep us waiting for YEARS for an upgrade, then bring out the display we want and tell us we can't use it!
I have 2 non-mac 24" displays and they are junk.
To say that this was a poor marketing decision is an understatement... what are they thinking?
Please, give me the new displays and I'll never stray again.
... oh, and matte finish please!

I agree - this is stupid! I've been holding off hoping that a new display was in the works... but one that would work with our Mac Pros!

Beyond stupid. After over four years without an update to bring out an LED display that can only be used with a laptop???????????????????? Give me a break. And still that stupid "duck's foot" stand?

I have never seen so much whining and complaining about something so simple.

The display is OPTIMIZED for use with MacBooks. Period. There is nothing prohibiting it from working with a Pro or Mini or older MacBook Pro. If you consult the Apple store you will see all kinds of Mini DisplayPort to DVI, VGA, Video, etc. connectors. The reality is the immediate solution is a short DVI extension cable along with the MDP-to-DVI adapter is all you need to use the LED display with a Mac Pro or mini. Granted, Apple should ship it with a simple adapter, rather than adding an additional third party cable to the configuration, but unlike the old VGA LCD Studio Display that shipped with a DB-15 adapter, that is no longer Apple's modus operandi.

THis is likely all moot as I am inclined to believe that by the time the display ships either Apple or a third party will offer the adapter. Further, I think all of the Displays will be updated with this MDP connector and Apple will eventually be forced to offer an adapter.

Hi guys.

I'm "gonna put my money down" that Apple will soon roll out the new range of displays, just like the 24" LED display we've just seen.

Notice that this display lacks a FireWire port at the back of the display; Maybe the new range of displays will be "full fledge", with FW port etc.

Cheers

I hope new displays come out that are compatible with the older towers as well. G4. Though I doubt it. With Xmas coming you would think they would have announced new displays for everything.

Our entire office actually cheered when we heard this new display FINALLY came out. We all have a Mac Pro at our desk (8 cores, 16GB RAM, the works) and we all have three displays connected to each of our Mac Pros. But the displays are all made by Dell and they really do suck by today's standards. And we're all using really crappy Logitech web cams for out video conferencing.

We've been waiting for new Apple Displays to come out with integrated cams and thought this was finally our time. I even got a memo yesterday telling me that I'd be getting three new 24" LED displays and was totally psyched.

Then today we got word that these displays may not actually work for us since we're using Mac Pros.

Seriously... w-t-f.

The current Apple Mini DisplayPort adapters will not let you use the new Apple Cinema Display on Mac Pro, Mac mini, iMac, older MacBooks, or PC computers. This is because they all are designed to go the opposite direction and have the wrong gender to do what is needed here.

I have had a look on the Apple Store website and no other adapters are listed (yet). However I am sure in a matter of weeks, various third-parties will be coming out with suitable adapters, unless Apple have been foolish enough to patent the Mini DisplayPort connector to death (like the MagSafe connector).

I therefore suggest you keep an eye on the websites of companies like Gefen, Griffin, and Belkin.

Note: Apple will not be coming out with another 24" LED Cinema Display for desktops etc. It would be absolutely ludicrous to have two otherwise identical 24" displays. It is likely that at some point in the future Apple will switch to video cards for the Mac Pro which have built-in Mini DisplayPort sockets. I am not sure how happy Nvidia and ATI will be at this though.

Unless the Mini DisplayPort is part of the official DisplayPort specifications (and not merely that it is fully compatible) this looks like Apple making a mistake in that is goes back to 'proprietary' connectors and ghettoising their products.

It is likely that at some point in the future Apple will switch to video cards for the Mac Pro which have built-in Mini DisplayPort sockets.

According to Mr. Jobs you are correct. He stated in his address yesterday that the Mini Display Port will become standard across product lines. This really makes sense and you will begin to see DisplyPort technology on other computers as well since it supports so much more than DVI and is an open standard. A little research and you will see that it is better than HDMI as well.

K

That's great, but what about users with current Mac Pros? I'm not going to buy another video card, nevermind another computer, for quite some time. There has to be some kind of adapter so we can still use the new ACD, correct?

I would guess that there would be some sort of adapter at some point. One thing that you have to remember is that the Mini DisplayPort carries both audio and video. Any adapter would have to adapt both DVI and audio ports to work with the new display and I am not sure how or if that is possible.

K