can you use this monitor with a pc?

PC Compatability

• Asked by Jill S from Cedarburg
• Oct 28, 2011
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Can I connect my PC with DisplayPort to the Thunderbolt Display using an adapter or cable?

For work, I have an HP EliteBook 8470p, which has DisplayPort. When I'm using it at home, I'd like to be able to hook it up to my Thunderbolt Display.

I haven't found a male DisplayPort to female mini-DisplayPort/Thunderbolt adapter, but I have found a male DisplayPort to male mini-DisplayPort/Thunderbolt cable, which would technically allow me to connect the devices. However, I'm not sure whether the Thunderbolt Display accepts input from anything other than it's attached cable, or whether my PC's DisplayPort signal is compatible. Is it?

• Asked by Brandon V from Medina
• Jan 31, 2013
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can you use this monitor with a pc if you have a thunderbolt to dvi adapter and a dvi cable connecting to a dvi port on you pc?

• Asked by Erik M from Winnsboro
• Jun 20, 2012
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Can I connect from a PC with dual-link DVI to a Thunderbolt Display (27"), with Altona AT-DP400 (with MiniDisplayPort output)?

If not, please recommend a converter that will work.

• Asked by Hyoung Ryul K from Seattle
• Sep 17, 2012
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Thunderbolt display, thunderbolt storage and networks/NAS

If the thunderbolt display is connected to my home network via ethernet (i.e. to my router)and also to a thunderbolt storage drive (such as the LaCie 4TB 2 big thunderbolt drive), will the storage drive function as a NAS that can be accessed by other devices on my network (e.g. for streaming photos and music to my Sonos, PC laptop, etc without a macbook being connected to the display too)?

• Asked by Tim A
• Mar 1, 2012
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Will the 27" Thunderbolt Display power a USB SuperDrive?

My SuperDrive works only if I plug it directly into my Retina Display MBP, thus taking up one of the USB ports. My powered USB hub will not power the SuperDrive, and neither will the USB ports on the back of my 30" Cinema Display monitor.

If I get the 27" Thunderbolt Display, can I plug the SuperDrive into one of the USB ports on the back of the display and draw enough power from it?

• Asked by Roger B from Los Angeles
• Jan 12, 2013
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