11.6" MacBook Air with new 27" Cinema Display

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11.6" MacBook Air with new 27" Cinema Display

The Cinema Display has the one cable that replaces 3 but, that seems to work for MacBooks which have the Magsafe connector, display port and USB on the same side.

Since the MacBook Air has the display port on the other side - will the cable reach or is this an oversight?

Does anyone have the new MacBook Air hooked up to the new 27" Cinema Display, that can confirm the cable configuration works?

Please advise.

Thanks,

T.J.

MacBook Air 11.6", Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Nov 1, 2010 7:35 AM

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Answer 1

ajg1977

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Nov 1, 2010 12:41 PM in response to Anthony Godin

The cables will fit, just, but it's certainly not pretty.

The layout of the plugs is really a bad design IMO. If the power & display port had been on the same side you could have used a USB adapter for extra length.

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Answer 2

ajg1977

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Nov 1, 2010 12:43 PM in response to Anthony Godin

There is a picture here:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/guides/2010/10/116-macbook-air-ars-answers-your-bur ning-questions.ars/2

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Answer 3

Nov 1, 2010 9:28 PM in response to ajg1977

Thanks for the replies and link to the photo - this answers my question. It barely works, from the looks of those stretching cables. Fingers crossed that they will make a revision to the lengths of the individual cables. I can't see them working with the 13" model based on the photo.

Certainly a little bit of an oversight on Apple's part.

T.J.

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Answer 4

John Potts

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Nov 15, 2010 2:33 AM in response to Anthony Godin

It does, just about! They are stretched shall we say. You can manoeuvre the Air so that the three cables are equally stretched...

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