Re: Developer Transition System
Re: Developer Transition System
- Subject: Re: Developer Transition System
- From: Dave Thorup <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:54:30 -0400
I too was bitten by this one. I spent the better part of a day
running from store to store trying to find an adapter that would work
with the Transition Kit, I had never seen a DVI-D connector before.
It was only after I had given up and started googling for an online
store that would sell me one that I found out that there is no DVI-D
to VGA adapter because the D in DVI-D stands for Digital Only,
meaning that there was no analog signal to output to a VGA monitor.
I've already expressed my extreme displeasure with DTS, at the very
least they could have put a note that says that the video out will
only work with a Digital monitor. That's all I would have needed and
it would have saved me a few hours of lost work. Not to mention the
fact that instead of just using some old monitor that we had lying
around I had to go steal a very nice LCD monitor from another
workstation just to get the DTK up and running. How many other
developers are going to have to shell out money on a new monitor for
a system that they'll have to return in a year and a half?
It wasn't a very good move by Apple if you ask me.
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On Jul 21, 2005, at 3:22 PM, Arshad Tayyeb wrote:
The DVI connector on the Transition Kit machines is DVI-D only;
it's missing the 4 extra pins that carry an analog signal on DVI-
I. Hence, with the DVI, you can only use a digital display. They
do make DVI-D->VGA convertors, but they are not worth it - about
$400. The deal Shaun mentions is probably the best deal available
for a good DVI monitor. I got the 17 inch Dell which was on sale
for under $250 in July; and it's brightness puts my powerbook to
shame.
Someone at Apple told me that there's on-board VGA, but they need a
special cable to tap into it; they didn't give the developers the
special cable, it seems.
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