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Apple's Mini DisplayPort Officially Adopted By VESA

Posted by timothy on from the good-for-tiny-pictures dept.

DJRumpy writes "The Video Electronics Standard Association officially issued its Mini DisplayPort standard Tuesday, based on the technology licensed from Apple. VESA said that all devices using the Mini DisplayPort connector must meet the specifications required by the DisplayPort 1.1a standard, and cables that support the standard must also meet specific electrical specifications. It's a formal confirmation of the news from earlier this year, when VESA announced the Mini DisplayPort connector would be included in the forthcoming DisplayPort 1.2 specification."

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  1. Re:I hope it catches on by Captain+Spam · · Score: 5, Funny

    DVI connectors are clunky and have that 18th century finger destroying screw-on mechanism. Anything with screws on computers should be abolished for good.

    Typical response from you so-called "computer user" kids these days. Back in my day, everything had screws! From the case to the cards to the plugs and sometimes the boxes everything came in! And our fingers were perfectly good enough for the job! Even the ones that weren't thumbscrews! Any one of the old-timers could grind your mabmly-pambly little soft, precious, pampered thumbs to dust, bones and all, with nothing but our bare fingers, and we wouldn't even flinch!

    Now get off my lawn! Durn whippersnappers...

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  2. Re:Cue the linux trolls. by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hurr durr, I am linux troll. I was written by Linus Trollwards.

    I'm sorry, but before you go any further - are you a GPLv2 troll, or a GPLv3 troll?

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