There are a few thunderbolt PCIe cards available and some PC motherboards support thunderbolt. Some Googling and I haven't yet been able to find a USB based thunderbolt adaptor, it seems there is talk of such a device using USB 3.0 to Thunderbolt although at reduced speeds. So with your adaptor, you can drive a DisplayPort based monitor to your PC, but not a thunderbolt display as it lacks support for DisplayPort. See Thunderbolt ports and displays: FrequentlyĪsked questions (FAQ) for more information on Thunderbolt. Support adapters like Apple's Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet AdapterĪnd Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter which are not otherwise compatible Symbol next to a port although the port physically appears the same as aĪre compatible with all of the Mini DisplayPort adapters referencedīelow in question 5 and with Apple Mini DisplayPort equipped displays. Computers with a Thunderbolt port will have the following Some Apple computers have a Thunderbolt port instead of a MiniĭisplayPort. My computer has the same connector but the symbol is different, what does that mean?.Therefore you can only connect thunderbolt equipped Mac's (or some PC's with thunderbolt hardware and appropriate drivers) to the Thunderbolt display. Thunderbolt is not the same as Display Port. Lacking a Thunderbolt port, including pre-2011 Macs and the vast

3 As such, they cannot be connected to computers If the Wikipedia article is to be believed (and I do believe it is correct based on what Thunderbolt is), then your configuration will not work.Īpple Thunderbolt Displays, like the video input on Thunderbolt iMacs,ĭrop compatibility with all previous standards, including VGA, DVI,Īnd DisplayPort.

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