Something New--Apple 30" Cinema Display actually works with MacBook

On Friday we noted that Gateway is selling a 30" display that works without a dual-link graphics card, something Apple has led us to believe that its 30" Cinema Display does not. After all, the technical specs that Apple has posted more or less says so. They even have "N/A" listed in the column for those Macs without dual-link support--MacBook, iMac and Mac mini.

A reader says otherwise:

"Not so, I have a 30" Cinema Display and can connect it to a MacBook via a miniDVI to DVI adapter. Only get resolution that the MacBook graphics chip provides but it works fine," wrote Terry Gritton. "If you want the full 2560x1600 pixels then you need the dual link DVI. Perhaps that is what the N/A after the MacBook refers to. I have hooked up the 30" CD to both my wife's first generation MacBook and my niece's MacBook bought 4 months ago and they both display their native resolution on the 30" CD."

That's new to us. [Bill Fox]