Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
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Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
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Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#2It is not enough to have a walled garden; you must also salt the earth of your neighbours.
Zero sum fruit flavoured game theory.
Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#3The thunderbolt monitor isn't 5 times more expensive, it is 3 times more expensive. It also has many features your displayport monitor does not have. It has a thunderbolt hub w/ a thunderbolt port. Apple is daisy chaining their displays over thunderbolt. It also contains a gigabit ethernet adaptor, usbs, and a video camera.
My primary point is that they don't support displayport daisy chaining with their displays. They support thunderbolt daisy chaining.
Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#4Amazing how people are willing to vote (usually downwards on an apple story with anything but praise) yet, not willing to comment?
Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#5As outlined in comment, Dell specifically refused to provide support for Apple OS X. I don't understand the reasoning to use proprietary system (which you can't modify) with unsupported hardware. It's not obvious who to blame in this situation. Apple is not obligated to provide support for every equipment combination out of there. Buy supported hardware or use Windows or use free operating system and write drivers for your hardware.
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#6Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#7Apple has the right to claim that using unsupported hardware is...well....unsupported. However, it sounds like they nerfed the driver which makes it a non standards complaint driver. This is a problem and Apple needs to be called out on it. At the very least, they could face sanctions or a trademark lawsuit from the display port standards group for using the logo with non compliant products. At the worst, a hefty fine from the EU.
Also, there's no point in "flooding" developers with support requests. Devs will rarely read what customers write anyways in large corporations like Apple. Better to push from the standards org or the govt regulator.
Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#8The thunderbolt monitor isn't 5 times more expensive, it is 3 times more expensive. It also has many features your displayport monitor does not have. It has a thunderbolt hub w/ a thunderbolt port. Apple is daisy chaining their displays over thunderbolt. It also contains a gigabit ethernet adaptor, usbs, and a video camera. My primary point is that they don't support displayport daisy chaining with their displays. Th…
It's also a 2560x1440 screen sold for $999. An upgrade with their latest 5K display is overdue.
Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#9The thunderbolt monitor isn't 5 times more expensive, it is 3 times more expensive. It also has many features your displayport monitor does not have. It has a thunderbolt hub w/ a thunderbolt port. Apple is daisy chaining their displays over thunderbolt. It also contains a gigabit ethernet adaptor, usbs, and a video camera. My primary point is that they don't support displayport daisy chaining with their displays. Th…
I don't see why this user shouldn't be frustrated, though. It is still an OS-specific limitation, since it appears that Windows will run them in a manner acceptable to the user.
Re: Apple limits daisychaining of non-Apple displays in OS X
#10As outlined in comment, Dell specifically refused to provide support for Apple OS X. I don't understand the reasoning to use proprietary system (which you can't modify) with unsupported hardware. It's not obvious who to blame in this situation. Apple is not obligated to provide support for every equipment combination out of there. Buy supported hardware or use Windows or use free operating system and write drivers fo…
If writing drivers for arbitrary hardware were remotely viable I would be the happiest clam in the ocean.