Geek Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/macbook-pro-dual-thunderbolt-displays.jpg" alt="MacBook Pro with Dual Thunderbolt Displays" title="macbook-pro-dual-thunderbolt-displays" width="560" height="290" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18788" /></p> <p>Thunderbolt MacBook Pro hardware will support dual external displays daisy-chained by compatible Thunderbolt hardware, according to an image that popped up on Apple’s website. This suggests the possibility that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/14/new-macbook-airs-coming-next-week-alongside-os-x-lion/">upcoming MacBook Air</a> refresh may support the same feature.</p> <p>This image comes from a recent <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/15/apples-upcoming-hardware-refresh-to-include-thunderbolt-led-display-not-macbook/">post on MacRumors</a>, where they noted that Apple accidentally leaked a new Thunderbolt LED display by posting images to Apple.com prior to an official launch. That is obviously a blunder on Apple’s part, but I found the daisy-chaining of Thunderbolt displays much more interesting than the fact that a new Cinema Display is coming out soon. MacRumors also points out that with current MBP models, only the 15″ and 17″ would support this ability, but hopefully refreshed MacBook Air’s will too. </p> <p><span id="more-18787"></span> Before Thunderbolt, MacBook Pro users who wanted to hook up dual displays had to use third party adapters that would either split the video channel or tie up a USB port, here’s an image of such a setup from <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/02/20/mac-setups-macbook-pro-with-dual-cinema-displays/">a past post</a>: <img alt="Dual Displays on a MacBook Pro" src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/macbook-pro-with-dual-cinema-displays.jpeg" title="Dual Displays on a MacBook Pro" class="aligncenter" width="610" height="343" /></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oc-ZXudT8P9LrMGzbgJGFLGzogo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oc-ZXudT8P9LrMGzbgJGFLGzogo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oc-ZXudT8P9LrMGzbgJGFLGzogo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oc-ZXudT8P9LrMGzbgJGFLGzogo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vXKVgl70CZQ:dHPMatM_bLA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vXKVgl70CZQ:dHPMatM_bLA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=vXKVgl70CZQ:dHPMatM_bLA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vXKVgl70CZQ:dHPMatM_bLA:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=vXKVgl70CZQ:dHPMatM_bLA:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vXKVgl70CZQ:dHPMatM_bLA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vXKVgl70CZQ:dHPMatM_bLA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/vXKVgl70CZQ" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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