The top of the line Apple Macbook, Mac, and iMac series use Mini DisplayPort as its outgoing video port. Because Mini DisplayPort has rather uncommon occurrence, now this has put many Mac users into awkward positions: you probably cannot use your Macbook to give a presentation, or output your work project from Mac to a different display, or share your photos to your family or friends on a bigger screen.

Isn’t Mac supposed to be simple to operate? That’s totally not what you’ve paid the good money to Apple for.

Well, at this time, there are solutions.

Products With Mini DisplayPort

Currently, there is only a very short list of products that are utilizing Mini DisplayPort:

* Apple Macbook, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro 13 inch, 15 inch, and 17 inch;

* Apple Mac, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, iMac, Xserve;

* Toshiba Satellite Pro S500, Tecra M11, A11 and S11 notebooks;

* AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition featuring its 6 Mini DisplayPorts;

* Adapters and cables that will work with the above mentioned computers and displays.

The final group of products is what will help you hook up your Mac or Macbook to a projector, screen or HDTV.

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

You can use 3 main Mini DisplayPort adapters: Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapters, Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters, and Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapters.

It’s the safest to have a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, because pretty much every display, old or new, features a VGA port. Especially if you need to frequently connect your favorite Macbook to a projector to deliver a presentation. At the same time some new projectors do have HDMI or DVI ports, not all of them do, but they all come with a VGA port, as VGA port has still been the no.1 most frequently used video port in colleges or business for presentation.

Having a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter, now you can easily output video from the Macbook or laptop to almost any display. You can easily:

* Extend or mirror your favorite workstation to an alternative screen;

* Give presentation to your favorite classmates, students or colleagues with your Macbook or laptop;

* Share videos your friends and family on a bigger external screen or TV.

Considering that the specification has become standardized, it is compatible with all the new Macs/Macbooks with Mini DisplayPort. And then the video output has resolution up to 1080p (FullHD) and 1920 x 1200 with no compromise in video quality.