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Retina MacBook Pro supports four simultaneous displays

updated 03:37 pm EDT, Wed June 20, 2012

 

First for non-Mac Pro Apple computer


The Retina MacBook Pro is capable of displaying images on up to four screens at once, notes Other World Computing. The upgrade vendor has produced a photo to demonstrate. One person at the company comments that "Moving images and media didn't create any lag" during testing, and that they "were able to play video on all four displays simultaneously."

The OWC setup involved two iMacs used as Thunderbolt-connected monitors, and a third dedicated monitor hooked up via HDMI. In all the the test Pro is said to have pushed out about 15.6 megapixels in real time. Apple's own documentation quietly mentions support for a such a setup; this makes the MacBook Pro the first Apple computer to support four simultaneous displays outside of tower systems like the Mac Pro.



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  1. WiseWeasel

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    06/20, 04:54pm | report spam | Reply |

    o.O

    *drools*

  1. facebook_Colin

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    06/20, 05:27pm | report spam | (1 reply) Reply |

    Apple Thunderbolt Display

    Can you daisy-chain the Apple Thunderbolt Displays? I know they have a Thunderbolt port on them. All we need is someone who owns a handful of those to test it out.

  1. Feathers

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    The phrase is...

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  1. donmontalvo

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    OMFG!!!

    Get the PO's ready...

  1. nowwhatareyoulookingat

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    06/21, 03:07am | report spam | Reply |

    Need a new adapter

    Somebody needs to make a Thunderbolt 'splitter', so we can do this with regular DisplayPort monitors.

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