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Apple DVI to ADC Adapter

HUGE

Written by IO from San Francisco

Sep 22, 2005

This adapter is huge, contrary to Apple's pictures on this page the device takes up a massive amount of space. It is as big as the Mac Mini so kinda defeats the purpose of buying a nice little mac mini to save space and look good. All this results from Apple's dumb decision to go with ADC in the first place.

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Beware, Mac Sleep Function Does Not Work

Written by KR from Kodak

Apr 7, 2007

I was also annoyed when I bought the top of the line studio display monitor and the top of the line G5 and then found I had to spend $100 to connect the two! After connecting I found the computer would no longer wake from sleep, then after a few minutes the fan in the G5 speeds up so loud I think it is going to explode. It does this every time I put the computer to sleep using this adaptor. Plug a different monitor up to it without this brick and the G5 works fine. After a year and a half of having to shut the computer down every day instead of sleep the power supply in my G5 just burned out. Thanks Apple.

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Unitl now...

Written by HB from Boulder

Feb 7, 2008

I was happy to fork over for Apple products. Today, I was in real pinch...dug out my old $2000 Cinema disp expecting to plug into my $3500 Macbook pro. Haha, joke's on me. Are you kidding??? $100 for this adapter? I am so f'ing tired of being nickeled and dimed at every turn.

I'm sure the adapter works fine...yawn.

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Apple DVI to ADC Display Adapter

Written by NS from New York

Jan 30, 2008

I agree with the majority of responses here-- this is ridiculous. Despite using both PC's and Macs for years, I always considered myself a Mac person, and recently when my "vintage" G4 broke down I coughed up thousands of dollars for a Macbook Pro. Now I have to cough up another $100 just to connect it to my slightly older display? Not good, Apple.

A few years ago some PC people put together a video spoofing the Mac commercials of the time. One of the lines went to the tune of-- "Upgrading a Mac is easy; when I need to upgrade, I just pick it up, put in the trash, and buy a new one..." At the time I thought it was funny but didn't see any truth to it...however, it's moves like this ($100 for an ADAPTER???? Gimme a break!!!) that make me ponder if there's some truth to that sentiment after all.

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Not all the facts...

Written by DH from Riverside

Jan 5, 2006

The description fails to mention that this product only works with the flat LCD displays, not their flat CRT displays (which were released at the same time). apparently the Genius' at the mac store and even the apple care techs weren't aware of this, and I had to dig through tons of support docs to realize this myself. THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS MENTION THIS IN THE DESCRIPTION!!! Plus if you buy one of these hulking $100 adapters after a "Genius" says you need one, they won't let you return it unless you bother making phone calls to corporate.

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Design and USB port problems.

Written by CS from BROOKLYN

Dec 6, 2005

I agree that this is huge and cumbersome with lots of loose cables, this goes against everything apple aims for in design. I had to buy this after I realized that our new Quad G5 power mac does not connect to our older 23 inch cinema display. Why they took away the one ADC connector off the new power macs when there are tens of thousands of adc displays is beyond me. Beyond these minor annoyances, when I booted up the new Power Mac with the adaptor and old display the USB ports on the display no longer work. Sigh. Now I will call Apple to see if this can be fixed. I recommend you ask someone accountable if you could have this same problem at the Apple Store before you purchase

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what happened to plug and play?

Written by MM from SAINT HELENA ISLAND

Jan 18, 2008

Mac to Mac not compatible, say what! I am begginning to think that the cutting edge at Apple is now for the purpose of extracting the most dollars from loyal customers. I recently purchased a new mini and carelessly thought that it would work with my 23" HD Cinema display. But no it doesn't. Don't you think that someone would tell you, not at the Apple Store. Now after numerous calls to the customer care department and hours spent on hold they finally tell me about a new DVI to ADC adapter and guess what its only another $100.00 plus shipping. So I place the order and guess what they forgot to include a power cord. Well I am still on hold waiting for a product specialist to enlighten me as to the availability of a power cord.

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Where's the Power On function?

Written by RW from White Rock

Nov 22, 2006

I read a number of the reviews before posting, but my Power On function on my 20" Cinema Display no longer works with this adapter. The glowing "button" on the right lower corner of the screen just glows whenever the computer is on, and will not turn my MacPro on the way it did my G4.

Is this common? Apple surely didn't come up with an adapter unit this big and relatively expensive, and not include all the functions, did they?

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Apple messed this one up in more ways than one

Written by BP from Fort Collins

Oct 6, 2009

I have owned Macs and been a Mac fanatic since the original 128k Mac came out and I have to say that this was the worst thing Apple has ever done. (The "hockey puck" mouse was an ergonomic mess but at least it worked.) First, when you upgrade to their new powerbooks they charge you $100 to get an adapter to use your Apple 30" display. Second, you have to wait months to actually get the adapter. Third when you finally get the adapter it produces noise on the beautiful 30" display to the point that at times (when there was dark background) it was almost unusable. Fourth, when you find out through these posts that everyone is having the same problem Apple does nothing to admit to the problem or contact people that bought these that there is a problem.

Finally with no official word from Apple and all the sometimes contradictory information on these posts (and after waiting for Snow Leopard to come out since some information inferred that it was fixed in software but alas is wasn't) it was finally revealed that there was a firmware upgrade in the new adapters that fixes the problem. So after a trip to an apple store 2 hours away, and some push back about exchanging my old adapter for a new one (since it has been a year since I ordered it), the new adapter does work much better. however I have to say that there are still occasional static streaks visible on black backgrounds.

So after purchasing nearly a hundred Macs over the last 20+ years Apple has really disappointed me on this one.

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TOO BIG and TOO EXPENSIVE x2!

Written by TH from Colorado Springs

Sep 3, 2008

I agree with other reviews...WAY TOO BULKY and TOO EXPENSIVE! This thing is huge!
Of course it works as billed. It adapts my 23" Apple Cinema Display to work with my new MacPro...but I shouldn't have to! Adding insult to injury, I was using TWO Apple Cinema Displays...now I would have to buy TWO of these monstrous adapters (at the tune of $200) if I want to continue with the dual screen. In addition to the size and the expense, it also uses up a USB port!! So there goes two USB ports just for my monitors!

Come on, seriously?!?!

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Adaptor? Why?

Written by JR from Sacramento

Nov 4, 2005

I just bought a new G5 dual and own a 17" apple display I used with my G4. The G5 came with a cute little DVI to VGA adaptor which I can use to connect to any VGA display screen. ANY other company's product! Can I connect my APPLE display to my new Apple computer? NO! I need to by this monster, two corded, wall-wart looking, transformer-like piece of magic plastic to make it run for $99 bucks! To add insult to injury, you can no longer start the computer from your screen corners. Don't get me started on video cards and Final Cut Pro 4 ($299). Seems like Apple needs a few lessons in marketing?

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Unacceptable

Written by SC from Winston Salem

Mar 28, 2006

I'm sorry, Apple, but this is really a disgrace. On my old G5, there are two monitor inputs, one DVI and the other ADC. A perfectly resaonable solution. Imagine my surprise when I got my new G5 today, and discover that it has two DVI inputs, with no ADC inputs for my Cinema Display. And now I have to buy this $100 monstrosity with yet another power cord? If my Cinema Display were made by Dell, I could understand. But Apple really needs to get its act together to support its own brand of monitors.

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What A Scam!

Written by MB from Phoenix

Mar 30, 2006

Nice. I have an extremely expensive monitor that you you guys were more than happy to sell me a couple of years back, and now It'll cost me a hundred bucks if I want to keep using it? My last G5 had one ADC and one DVI port, which really makes sense, especially because an adaptor to run a DVI in the ADC port is only 20 bucks. (not to mention that mac users buy new macs and are bound to have old monitors.) But I buy my new one and find out that it has 2 DVI's, and if I want to use an ADC it'll be 100 bucks. I guess I'll have to dust off my old radius monitor and use that. Anybody want to buy a 17" Studio Display? By the way, It WON'T WORK WITH A NEW MACHINE!!!! unless you got an extra 100 bucks to burn.........

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Really expensive surprise.

Written by GS from New York

Mar 15, 2006

I was also very surprised to find out that I had to buy this expensive, large, ugly adapater. Did I "research" on my own? Sure but I also relied heavily on the folks at the SoHo store here in New York and the Apple call center's product info people. Both sources assured me that my display would work with a Mini and the topic of DVI vs. ADC was never mentioned to me. Technically, my display does work with it but I think Apple must make an effort to downplay the problems of display compatibility and additional cost ($100!). Why else would BOTH sources not inform me that there was more to the story of compatibility? Apple does both the customer and their company a disservice on this, especially given the Mini price point compared to the adapter cost. After this, I'm just not sure who or what the Mini was designed for. With all the cables, adapters, power supplies, etc. this thing takes up more room than my old PowerMac G4 and is a total eyesore. Think carefully before you buy a Mini. Ask others who own one and DO NOT rely on Apple to advise you accurately of all you may need to purchase with the Mini to make it functional.

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Mac Mini Bargain?

Written by WK from Lincoln

Apr 4, 2006

You create a product that cannot connect with your high end monitor? Horrible! You force me to pay an additional $100 to hook it up with a clunky adaptor? Disgraceful!

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Just really BUGS me!

Written by KH from Cary

Apr 20, 2006

I'm so irritated that I have experienced nothing but additional purchases since getting my new MacBook. First I have to fork out the extra $50 for the FinalCut Crossgrades and NOW another $100 just to use my monitor!?! And don't kid yourself, nothing about this adapter is compact! It's got 90 miles of cords and it will take up one of your USB connections as well. I already grumbled my complaint at the Apple store to the Mac "Genius" who just smiled as I handed over another $100 of my hard-earned money. And I guess that's what really bothers me: no matter how much they screw us over, we just keep buying more Mac products because what are you gonna' do? Buy a PC? Shya' right . . .

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Here's one for you guys

Written by MM

Feb 26, 2006

just bought 2.3 dual core..... MY CINEMA DISPLAY 22" ADC is not compatible..... buy DVI to ACD adapter..... adapter only works for 15 " 17" ...not 22". huh?

return adapter to to PC Mall .. no returns or exchanges on open packages from Apple.. NICE.

luckily I have a 15" and I can get to work

thanks apple

I look forward to spending another $2500 on the 30" display. JUST TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT MAKE SURE THAT THE DVI WON'T WORK WITH THE INTEL MACHINES.

maybe I can trade my 22" for a pack of gum.

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I love apple BUT....

Written by BB from carbondale

Jan 9, 2006

this is ridiculous. they say any apple display will work with my mac mini. so, i go and buy a nice, little 15" Studio display and after waiting a good week to get it... i now have to shell out $99 for the adapter that is needed to use the display with my mac mini. its a huge pile of ____. I'm a struggling student as it is and now i have to pay $99 dollars for something to work that you said would work in the first place... that might be some fine print that you couldve added.

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