How To Connect Your Quad-Core Proccessor Macbook Pro To A TV Using Thunderbolt



Posted: Saturday, April 02, 2011

by Dale Rogers

You may have one of the new Macbook Pros (the one with the quad-core processors) and realized that it has a port on the left side with a new symbol on it - a lightning bolt. this symbol is beside the port that looks exactly like apple's mini displayport. it has the same shape, and mini displayport adapters fit exactly to it.

This new port is called thunderbolt and it can accommodate huge amounts of data. The reason this is good for you is that is that if you need to perform any type of large data import, such as HD video to be edited, the time it will take will be drastically reduced thanks to thunderbolt. The port will also be able to accommodate high-resolution displays very easily.

Clocking in at 10 Gbps data transfer rates, this is by far the fastest data transfer port ever on a Mac. Thunderbolt is 12 times faster than Firewire and 20 times faster than USB. This port is bi-directional, meaning you can transfer data in or out of your Macbook Pro using this blazing fast port.

As other devices and peripherals come on the market that support Thunderbolt, the shorter your wait times will be when transferring large files. Thunderbolt also has the added featuring of allowing more than one device to be daisy-chained to it and still work with efficiency.

But the great news for you, the new Quad-core Processor Macbook Pro owner, is that if you simply want to hook it up to an HDTV or Non-HD (analog) TV, you should have very little trouble. This Thunderbolt port allows you to utilize mini displayport adapters if that's what you still have lying around your house from older computers, or if you simply want to watch TV instead of hooking it up to a high-resolution monitor or screen.

You still may need a few extra parts, but I have taken the guess-work out for you and listed exactly what you will need to connect your Macbook Pro to a TV.

Visit http://connectmacbooktotv.com to learn more about your new Mac products.
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