Resolved Non Thunderbolt 27" LED Cinema Display with new Mac Pro?

[futurevibe]

Hey guys,

I have a late 2010 Mac Pro and the 27" LED Cinema Display (Non Thunderbolt).

I've been thinking about getting the new Mac Pro and was wondering if my display will work with it? I'm guessing not, seeing as Apple brought out a newer Thunderbolt version a few years back.

Maybe there's an adapter i can get to make it work? I can't seem to find one on the Apple store though.

Hope someone can answer this for me.

Cheers!

 

[thornslack]

Hey guys,

I have a late 2010 Mac Pro and the 27" LED Cinema Display (Non Thunderbolt).

I've been thinking about getting the new Mac Pro and was wondering if my display will work with it? I'm guessing not, seeing as Apple brought out a newer Thunderbolt version a few years back.

Maybe there's an adapter i can get to make it work? I can't seem to find one on the Apple store though.

Hope someone can answer this for me.

Cheers!

It will work fine. It uses a standard minidisplayport. It will attach to the nMPs thunderbolt port but will only receive the DisplayPort portion of information. It can't pass through thunderbolt so you should place it at the end of a daisy chain if that is important to you.

 

[futurevibe]

It will work fine. It uses a standard minidisplayport. It will attach to the nMPs thunderbolt port but will only receive the DisplayPort portion of information. It can't pass through thunderbolt so you should place it at the end of a daisy chain if that is important to you.

That's great to hear. Thanks a lot for your help mate!

 

[spacedesign911]

Sorry to resurrect this old tread, but do you guys know if the sound and FaceTime camera work when you connect a non thunderbolt cinema display to the nMP?

 

[goMac]

Sorry to resurrect this old tread, but do you guys know if the sound and FaceTime camera work when you connect a non thunderbolt cinema display to the nMP?

Yes.

 

[spacedesign911]

Yes.

Thank you goMac, todays news of the 7.1 timings has really put the cat amongst the pigeons for me...

 

[goMac]

Thank you goMac, todays news of the 7.1 timings has really put the cat amongst the pigeons for me...

The speakers and the camera are just USB devices so they generally work with any Mac that has USB, including USB-C with an adapter.

 

[haralds]

Hey guys,

I have a late 2010 Mac Pro and the 27" LED Cinema Display (Non Thunderbolt).

I've been thinking about getting the new Mac Pro and was wondering if my display will work with it? I'm guessing not, seeing as Apple brought out a newer Thunderbolt version a few years back.

Maybe there's an adapter i can get to make it work? I can't seem to find one on the Apple store though.

Hope someone can answer this for me.

Cheers!

Been using one for years before switching to a Dell UW1838 on a flashed Radeon 7970.

 

[pertusis1]

Thank you goMac, todays news of the 7.1 timings has really put the cat amongst the pigeons for me...

I thoroughly enjoyed your use of that idiom. I had not heard that phrase before.