Comments on: Inside the new MacBooks: Audio and Video http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/18/inside-the-new-macbooks-audio-and-video/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:17:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Apple and the Mini DisplayPort — RoughlyDrafted Magazine http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/18/inside-the-new-macbooks-audio-and-video/comment-page-1/#comment-15339 Apple and the Mini DisplayPort — RoughlyDrafted Magazine Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:35:26 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2782#comment-15339 [...] Inside the new MacBooks: Audio and Video How Apple’s PA Semi Acquisition Fits Into Its Chip History [...] [...] Inside the new MacBooks: Audio and Video How Apple’s PA Semi Acquisition Fits Into Its Chip History [...]

]]> By: nat http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/18/inside-the-new-macbooks-audio-and-video/comment-page-1/#comment-15309 nat Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:58:09 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2782#comment-15309 @ PXT, I'd add that Apple might be ahead of the curve in their adoption of Mini DisplayPort over full-size DisplayPort in all their laptops. Apple essentially spells out the likely future of computers and external monitors, which corresponds with their use of the miniature version of the port: "The new 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display <b><i>transforms</i></b> your <b><i>MacBook</i></b> into a <b><i>desktop computer</i></b> in seconds." http://www.apple.com/macbook/graphics.html We haven't seen any laptops with full-sized DisplayPort connections yet because 1) it's a brand new interface and 2) it would require a larger overall laptop enclosure and/or the removal of other ports to make room for full DSP. Will #2 stop Dell or HP from using it? Probably not, which means their laptops won't be able to approach the size of Apple's. Mini DisplayPort will likely turn out to be one of many <i>advantages</i> Apple will use to claim the next generation in computers: laptops (and devices like the iPhone/iPod touch). @ PXT,

I’d add that Apple might be ahead of the curve in their adoption of Mini DisplayPort over full-size DisplayPort in all their laptops. Apple essentially spells out the likely future of computers and external monitors, which corresponds with their use of the miniature version of the port:

“The new 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display transforms your MacBook into a desktop computer in seconds.”
http://www.apple.com/macbook/graphics.html

We haven’t seen any laptops with full-sized DisplayPort connections yet because 1) it’s a brand new interface and 2) it would require a larger overall laptop enclosure and/or the removal of other ports to make room for full DSP. Will #2 stop Dell or HP from using it? Probably not, which means their laptops won’t be able to approach the size of Apple’s. Mini DisplayPort will likely turn out to be one of many advantages Apple will use to claim the next generation in computers: laptops (and devices like the iPhone/iPod touch).

]]> By: danieleran http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/18/inside-the-new-macbooks-audio-and-video/comment-page-1/#comment-15307 danieleran Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:28:46 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2782#comment-15307 @pxt. The Mini Display Port Apple is using is only differnet physically, in the same sense that USB and mini USB are the same thing. Nobody is going to be troubled by using a MDP to DP cable. On the other hand, full sized DP is clumsy and big and looks like USB, so there wouldn't have been room without further compromises made. @pxt. The Mini Display Port Apple is using is only differnet physically, in the same sense that USB and mini USB are the same thing. Nobody is going to be troubled by using a MDP to DP cable. On the other hand, full sized DP is clumsy and big and looks like USB, so there wouldn’t have been room without further compromises made.

]]> By: PXT http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/18/inside-the-new-macbooks-audio-and-video/comment-page-1/#comment-15302 PXT Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:36:27 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2782#comment-15302 Except that Apple don't actually support the new DisplayPort standard connector. They use mini DisplayPort in the face of the already existing DisplayPort connector that is already gathering momentum in enterprise-popular PCs such as Dell and Toshiba. Apple are locking themselves out of what could be a new generation of display compatibility in the office. Except that Apple don’t actually support the new DisplayPort standard connector. They use mini DisplayPort in the face of the already existing DisplayPort connector that is already gathering momentum in enterprise-popular PCs such as Dell and Toshiba.

Apple are locking themselves out of what could be a new generation of display compatibility in the office.

]]> By: nat http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/10/18/inside-the-new-macbooks-audio-and-video/comment-page-1/#comment-15300 nat Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:41:10 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=2782#comment-15300 Any possibility the fourth conductor on the headphone jack has been added to the slightly revised MacBook Airs? Any possibility the fourth conductor on the headphone jack has been added to the slightly revised MacBook Airs?

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