New Thunderbolt-equipped 27" Cinema display w/ FaceTime HD cam

[Kaido]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/20/apple-rolls-out-27-inch-thunderbolt-display-with-facetime-hd-cam/

Features:
$999 price
2560 x 1440 resolution
16:9 IPS display
Thunderbolt (daisy-chain up to 6 displays)
FaceTime HD camera with Mic & Speakers
Gigabit Ethernet
(3) USB 2.0 ports
MagSafe charging port

Wow, Gigabit Ethernet! Looks like you can drop your laptop and just hookup the MagSafe & Thunderbolt ports and be ready to go! Not quite as nice as a dock, but better than the zillions of wires we've had to use in the past!

 

[Zargon]

why did they use the same name as one of the biggest non apple smartphones ?

 

[suklee]

What's the use of the ethernet port? 😕 Does it let the display connect directly to the Internet?

edit looks like the Thunderbolt cable acts as a pass through for the Ethernet port? (as well as audio)

 

[alent1234]

if you have the new MBA you can use thunderbolt to the cinema display and then ethernet. a lot of companies still have older wifi because the enterprise access points are expensive

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

What's the use of the ethernet port? 😕 Does it let the display connect directly to the Internet?

It's for when you connect like a Macbook Air. It can use the display as a dock station (basically).

 

[suklee]

if you have the new MBA you can use thunderbolt to the cinema display and then ethernet. a lot of companies still have older wifi because the enterprise access points are expensive

yeah I didn't realize you could do this. pretty neat.

 

[Kaido]

What's the use of the ethernet port? 😕 Does it let the display connect directly to the Internet?

edit looks like the Thunderbolt cable acts as a pass through for the Ethernet port? (as well as audio)

Thunderbolt = Webcam, Mic, Speakers, Gigabit Ethernet, (3) USB 2.0 ports

Then the attached MagSafe for power to the laptop. So you only have to hookup 2 cables (as opposed to a USB hub, Ethernet cable, and MagSafe). Apple's version of a docking station.

 

[KeithP]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/20/apple-rolls-out-27-inch-thunderbolt-display-with-facetime-hd-cam/

Features:
$999 price
2560 x 1440 resolution
16:9 IPS display
Thunderbolt (daisy-chain up to 6 displays)
FaceTime HD camera with Mic & Speakers
Gigabit Ethernet
(3) USB 2.0 ports
MagSafe charging port

Wow, Gigabit Ethernet! Looks like you can drop your laptop and just hookup the MagSafe & Thunderbolt ports and be ready to go! Not quite as nice as a dock, but better than the zillions of wires we've had to use in the past!

It also has a FW 800 port.

-KeithP

 

[TheStu]

why did they use the same name as one of the biggest non apple smartphones ?

They didn't. They used their name for what intel had code-named LightPeak. A 10Gb/s full duplex copper connection that allows for daisy chaining and up to 10W of power output.

 

[Zargon]

They didn't. They used their name for what intel had code-named LightPeak. A 10Gb/s full duplex copper connection that allows for daisy chaining and up to 10W of power output.

gotcha


you can maybe understand my confusion though as the thunderbolt is all over TV still so I clicked the thread and went huh, apple product?


its a cool product though

 

[dawks]

gotcha


you can maybe understand my confusion though as the thunderbolt is all over TV still so I clicked the thread and went huh, apple product?


its a cool product though

Yea kinda strange.. I think they came out right around the same time, but the phone might have been publicly announced first.

My confusion is, wtf is a thunderbolt? I know lightning bolts, and thunder 'claps'.. Never heard of a thunderbolt though.

 

[Zargon]

yeah. the p-47(an the a-10 after it) was called the thunderbolt, no idea why