This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] In Theory, Is This Possible?

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] In Theory, Is This Possible?

Check out Macrumors.com (I think that's the site). They have a video a dozen posts back of someone doing it with a new 15" MBP.

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On Sep 25, 2011, at 3:48 PM, David Dodson <davidadodson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> So if I'm reading this right, then I CAN chain up two 27" Thunderbolted Cinema Displays...? I mean, when I read the Apple Support document, that seems to be what it's saying. I mean, I do have the most recent hardware...
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> David
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> On Sep 25, 2011, at 7:15 PM, Jeff Cook wrote:
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>> Looks like the news is better. Apple support doc says most laptops can handle it.
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>> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4885
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>> On Sep 25, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Scott Carmichael <sacarmic@indiana.edu> wrote:
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>>> That is correct, only one monitor on a Thunderbolt chain per apple specs.
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>>> Scott
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>>> On Sep 25, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Mark Myers wrote:
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>>>> I may be wrong, but I believe you can only put one monitor on the
>>>> Thunderbolt. Our set up is Imac, 2nd monitor on the 2nd monitor jack,
>>>> client monitor and Pegasus off the Thunderbolt.
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>>>> On 9/25/11 3:48 AM, David Dodson wrote:
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>>>>> So... if I get a Promise R4 Thunderbolt drive... and I already have a
>>>>> 17" MBP, latest generation, Thunderbolt port, Express card slot, etc.,
>>>>> etc., and if I have two Thunderbolt-ported 27" Cinema Displays...
>>>>> could I, in theory, daisy chain all that together and end up with a
>>>>> dual-monitor config typical of how systems are set up?
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>>>>> Could I then add a Mojo DX and hook up an external 42" HD Panny plasma
>>>>> monitor, as a sort of a client monitor? What am I missing here? I've
>>>>> never hooked any of these Nitrises of Mojoses to a laptop -- only the
>>>>> tower -- so I don't know what the Mojo hooks up to on the MBP. I would
>>>>> also like to hook up a couple of small Genelecs.
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>>>>> Is this pie in the sky? Am I a starry-eyed dreamer?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> David
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>>>>> David Dodson
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