Apple Discontinues Thunderbolt Display (macrumors.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Apple has officially told several news sites that it plans to discontinue the Thunderbolt Display, which has been available online and in Apple retail stores since it was first introduced in 2011. "We're discontinuing the Apple Thunderbolt Display. It will be available through Apple.com, Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers while supplies last. There are a number of great third-party options available for Mac users," said an Apple spokesperson. Rumors suggest that Apple will launch a new version of its Thunderbolt monitor later this year, featuring an upgraded 5K resolution and discrete GPU. The new Thunderbolt Display may even launch alongside next-generation Skylake Retina MacBook Pros, which too are rumored to be released later this year. fyngyrz writes: So, bought into the whole Thunderbolt monitor thing from Apple? Might want to collect a few right now, while you still can. It appears that the Thunderbolt monitor is going the way of the analog [headphone] jack over at Apple. Isn't it fun to be part of an unsuccessful experiment?

Comments

Of course

[NotInHere]

dumb monitors are bad, they need to be smartified so that the only way you access them is through apps. Otherwise they are losing a big chunk of data.

Re:Duh

[dgatwood]

Only if you mean mean Thunderbolt 3 (which happens to be based on a USB-C connector, but is not USB). Boy, will that cause consumer confusion, what with them sticking USB-C on the MacBook just months before Thunderbolt 3 was ready....

Fortunately

[Ol Olsoc]

There is an alternative. Microsoft, who has never discontinued anything, and their next failed piece of hardware will be their first.

And before you mark me as a troll, consider this

From the summary...... So, bought into the whole Thunderbolt monitor thing from Apple? Might want to collect a few right now, while you still can. It appears that the Thunderbolt monitor is going the way of the analog [headphone] jack over at Apple. Isn't it fun to be part of an unsuccessful experiment?

So it looks like Slashdot has gone full troll itself.

Re:Fortunately

[Anonymous Coward]

Zune.

Huh?

[Guspaz]

> Isn't it fun to be part of an unsuccessful experiment?

What? The monitors did what they were supposed to do, are doing what they were supposed to do, and will keep on doing the same thing they were supposed to do. It's also entirely possible that they will work with thunderbolt 3 via an adapter.

They also stayed on the market for 5 years, which is unheard of for a modern display: most companies like Dell discontinue their displays after a year or two.

So this is Slashdot under new management?

[phayes]

Why is BeauHD Openly trolling in the summary and where the fuck is the new management that claimed that they were taking slashdot back to it's roots?

I suffered through the Dice dark ages and saw so many other old school slashdotters leave.

I saw the new owners denounce the worst of Dice's excesses and had hope but openly trolling the way this submission did destroys what little expectation I had that this could happen.

Re: And Their Headphone Jack Will Fail Too

[Lisandro]

It still much much better than having a Lightning connector or USB-C getting smashed in your pockets. The only drawback of the 3.5mm jack its its length, which translates to torque, but it is offset by its mechanical simplicity, large electrical connectors, availability and ease of maintenance. 3.5mm are easy to fix and replace.