is there any way to connect to the ethernet and have an external display hooked up on the macbook air

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is there any way to connect to the ethernet and have an external display hooked up on the macbook air

there is only one thunderbolt port and the thunderbolt ethernet adapter does not have an extra thunderbolt socket to allow daisy chaining - unless there is one i dont know of ?

Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jul 13, 2012 11:54 AM

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captfred

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Jul 13, 2012 12:03 PM in response to candlewax48

You could use this 10/100 usb ethernet adapter and leave your Thunderbolt port for an external display.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC704ZM/A

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Jul 13, 2012 1:48 PM in response to captfred

isnt one of the main attractions of thunderbolt the daisy chaining? why dont apple just create an adapter that allows daisy chaining ?

these usb adapters are slower than the thunderbolt ones. they are not even usb 3.0. its the only thing thats stopping me getting a mac at the moment

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