Can a Thunderbolt 1 port handle the full 3440x1440 resolution, or is Thunderbolt 2 required?
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Thunderbolt 2 is not required. I believe part of the design choices is to support as many Mac devices as possible without Thunderbolt 2. I personally have tried a Macbook Pro 2011 and Macbook Air late 2013, they both work. The MBA required the latest Mavericks update 10.9.3.
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Thunderbolt supports 3440x1440. It'll infact support multiple 3440x1440 if you daisy chain multiple displays using thunderbolt. However, thought I'd add that when I used thunderbolt with my 2014 Mac I couldn't play any movies with this monitor. I got an HDCP error. (Look it up) I had to switch to display port / hdmi to watch movies on this monitor with a mac.
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I note that for my 2011 MacBook Pro that has a thunderbolt port, a 3rd party site claims "The maximum resolution supported on an external display is 2560x1600."
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Yes, the Thunderbolt specification states that it is capable of supporting up to 60Hz at 4K resolutions (3840 x 2160). Since this monitor is actually a lower resoultion than 4K, the thunderbolt port will have no issues supporting the 3440x1440 resolution @ 60Hz. Thunderbolt 2 has double the bandwidth of Thunderbolt and thus will be able to support up to 120Hz @ 4K.
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The MBP only has Thunderbolt output. You will need a monitor that supports Display Port/Thunderbolt or you will need a Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter.
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This will work with any display port whether it is onboard graphics or discrete graphics, and yes you could use it for an apple thunderbolt display.
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Just pick up a 2.5" external enclosure. Choose the flavor of connection (Thunderbolt, USB, Firewire)
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Hi Sheldon, I'm not familiar with a thunderbolt port, but the device works very well with a mini display port. wish i could be of more help
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Yes, but one needs to be connected via hdmi and second via usb or one of them needs to be a true thunderbolt monitor. Putting an adapter on thunderbolt output will not work.
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To display 2560x1440, you need the dual link DVI cable (came with the monitor) and a dual link DVI to Thunderbolt/USB adapter. We got the Apple brand adapter and it works well.
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Yes, works great! Can get glitchy on start up but you just have to turn off and on and it catches...but the resolution is just like a Retina and much better than a Thunderbolt display.
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Hopefully someone else with more knowledge of Macs and their Thunderbolt connection can answer. I'm not sure since I use this monitor with a Windows 7 Home Premium box with the supplied cable.
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If thunderbolt interface has this capability then it's fit. Otherwise i don't know :)
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This was purchased for a customer repair so I do not have access to this machine to test resolution. All I can say for sure is that it did support 1024x768 on our test monitor.Sorry I could not supply a better answer.
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I think you need the cheaper Mac display port cable. The TBolt is pretty much for data I believe.
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Oscar is correct. The Thunderbolt port is also the minidisplay port. Just buy an inexpensive minidisplay port to display port adapter from Amazon or Monoprice.
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I use one of these: ASIN: B00C7RJQPY "Cable Matters Gold Plated Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt™ Port Compatible) to DisplayPort Cable in Black 6 Feet - 4K Resolution Ready" with mine. It works great. Very happy with my monitor purchase. No regret at all.I have a MacBook Pro mid2010.
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HiThank you for your interest.But I'm sorry we can not guarantee the compatibility with Mac.And NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 is too low specs to run QHD resolutions.Thanks.
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I can't answer regarding the second resolution, but it will do 1920 x 1080. I'm running mine with an external monitor at that resolution.
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All I can tell you is that I have the very same model & mine has 2 thunderbolt ports. Contact ASUS to confirm or visit their website or Google the model name & number.