Mini DisplayPort. Today, for all *practical* purposes this is an Apple proprietary connector, because the only things you can connect to it without an adaptor are Apple products.
Maybe in the future it will become the defacto standard you say? Well the thing about the future is, there's no guarantees. I can say with equal weight, "No one but Apple will use it." And I have the evidence on my side because so far that is the case.
It doesn't matter of how you like to interpret the word proprietary; unless I read that Apple is restricting rights of use or charge royalties for it (which is beyond unlikely) this is NOT a proprietary adapter.
This whole thread revolves around insufficient information and wild speculation re. the mini DP connector.
The new MB/MBP's are out for what? A week or so? And people whining that there aren't enough cables or adapters out yet and that's an indication for being an Apple-only deal?
This new platform will have at least a 2 year lifespan or so, in which the company will sell millions of these.
If the mini display port connector does indeed support all the features of the full sized connector (which seems to be the case), and it's freely available for use (which also seems to be the case), it will become standard because there will be no real reason to use the full sized connectors. The full sized connectors and ports will only limit the amount of space available space for other ports on devices (think netbooks), and only a few shipping graphics cards and displays actually use them at this point. It's better to just make a couple of simple adapters and use the mini connector/port on future devices. The artificial size limit just makes no sense.
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Mini DisplayPort. Today, for all *practical* purposes this is an Apple proprietary connector, because the only things you can connect to it without an adaptor are Apple products.
Maybe in the future it will become the defacto standard you say? Well the thing about the future is, there's no guarantees. I can say with equal weight, "No one but Apple will use it." And I have the evidence on my side because so far that is the case.
It doesn't matter of how you like to interpret the word proprietary; unless I read that Apple is restricting rights of use or charge royalties for it (which is beyond unlikely) this is NOT a proprietary adapter.
This whole thread revolves around insufficient information and wild speculation re. the mini DP connector.
The new MB/MBP's are out for what? A week or so? And people whining that there aren't enough cables or adapters out yet and that's an indication for being an Apple-only deal?
This new platform will have at least a 2 year lifespan or so, in which the company will sell millions of these.
I suggest to ease up and wait a bit...