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Has anyone else noticed with the MacBook Pro w/ Retina, that it does not wake external monitors connected to through a dvi adapter?
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
No, we're not that fanatical to go and splurge our hard earned cash on totally new stuff less than 24 hours after release 1.0. Prefer to wait till 1.1 at least and let you guys do the debugging for us.... 😝
Although I certainly do like apple products, I wouldnt have gotten a computer right now if I didnt desperately need one. And yes, I posted that mainly so Apple is aware of the issue, and so future users can benifit from those of us who needed a new computer. I am sure there are others who ran out and bought it becuase they could but that was not my situation... maybe next time you will think twice before preguessing people's situations.
I'm postguessing the game that all computer makers play nowadays, hardware and software. In order to get the products out the door and the cash flowing in faster, by reducing the testing and using the early customers as guinea pigs. And no, you did not HAVE to buy a Mac with a totally new technology, instead of choosing from a tried and tested non-Retina platform that's fully upgradeable and costs less. But the display was irresistible, bugs be darned
So, schedule a new visit to the Geniuses at the Bar (hope they've all taken their Retina Training Courses by now) and have them work the kinks out of the new model for you.
do you mind telling me where you bought your retina macbook, none in Dallas. thanks joanlvh
Fair point, however the purchase I made is one I wanted to be happy with for at least 3 years, as I am a law student who will not be buying a new computer soon. The screen certainly was a part of it, but more important for me was the size and weight difference, without the loss of ports that comes with the Air. I also dont intend to upgrade internal parts because I do not need to do high power work that will require more ram, and also because I have more than enough external storage that I am accostumed to using.
I bought it at a store in NYC and I was lucky enough to have got the last one available yesterday. They seem to be getting around 10 of them a day, try going in at 9 AM if you can you might have luck.
As many stores do not seem to have them, you may be asking too soon. Wait a few more days, perhaps a week, and some people will have answers for you.
Good luck.
That's a cruel and nasty reply. Not typical of Apple customers. You offer no solutions or help but a vile and bitter response. You should feel ashamed for posting nothing of use to anyone but those who feel a need to belittle an Apple customer who has found a real problem. Shame on you.
gaijindragonslayer wrote:
That's a cruel and nasty reply. Not typical of Apple customers. You offer no solutions or help but a vile and bitter response.
Actually, I found his response quite typical of current-state Apple customers: elitist. Responses such as his are the very reason why Apple supporters are treated like pariahs...that, and those people who will never say a bad word about clearly questionable decisions Apple makes.
Hang around this forum for a while. eww, dsstore, grantbenet-alder, kappy ... these re senior members (there are many more) who can answer with grace and even tell you that you are ompletely incorrect and still leave you no feeling bad.
For me, the new MBP w retina display will wake up external monitors using a thunderbolt to dvi adapter. Here's my current set up: MBP w retina, Acer led display connected via hdmi, Acer led display connected via thunderbold to dvi adapter. Both of the external displays wake up when I log in.
the computer has no flaws fellas, its the best 15 inch ever made, i've used it 8 hours a day since the day it came out with not one issue.
itorres1, same problem here. Putting the external display (in my case a Dell 2707WFP monitor connected via the DVI->Thunderbolt adapter) to sleep and going back to it a while later, the external display doesn't wake up. I have to disconnect and reconnect the cable.
Same problem here, Macbook Pro Retina connected to DELL 2209WA through Thunderbolt to DVI adapter, I have to reconnect the cable. But sometimes I noticed the monitor wakes up after a long delay (like 15 seconds).
Yes, I'm experiencing this issue as well. Using a mini displayport to DVI cable. My monitor will eventually return to life, but usually takes like 5-10 minutes. Disconnecting and reconnecting the cable doesn't do anything for me. I tried 2 different monitors, both had the same problem (both were Dell 24" monitors, but different model numbers.) It doesn't do this all the time, but I did notice that it seems to be exacerbated by having something running full screen on the external monitor when it goes to sleep (diablo 3, which was originally what I thought was causing the problem, but youtube videos apparently have the same effect.)
Super annoying. 😟
Do you have the graphics card set to Internal, using gfxCardStatus? If so, an external display will not work. I had the same issue, and the second I switched to Discrete, the external display started working.
It occasionally stops working when waking from sleep though, but unplugging and reinserting the dvi adapter fixes that issue.
MacBook Pro w/ Retina External Display Issues
