There’s an AC power cable, to go the the wall power socket, as you’d expect. You’ll notice that there aren’t many cables with the Apple Thunderbolt Display. A frequecy response of just 12ms ensures no ghosting of images when playing fast-paced video, for example. The display’s contrast ratio of 1000:1 ensures that blacks are black and that there is excellent colour detailing that is not possible from lesser monitors. It’s maximum brightness of 375 cd/m2 ensures visibility in even the brightest of work environments. The display can be viewed, without distorting the colours, at viewing angles of up to 178º horizontally and 178º vertically. This 27-inch, diagonally viewable, TFT Active-Matrix LCD displays a native resolution of 2560x1440 pixels in 16.7 million colours presented in a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. The Apple Thunderbolt Display connected to a Mac mini Core i5
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You will also need to be running Mac OS X Snow Leopard v10.6.8 or later. Have a look for a Mini-DisplayPort sized port, on your Mac, that is marked with a lightning bolt. Macs from mid–2011 should already be equipped with Thunderbolt. This means that you will need a Thunderbolt-enabled iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. Requirements for Using a Thunderbolt Displayīefore you order a Thunderbolt Display, you’ll need to ensure that your Mac is compatible.