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The 27-inch 16:9 IPS monitor will be available at S$1,348 (incl GST) within the next two months.

Apple announces the world's first Thunderbolt display.

The display features Thunderbolt I/O technology and serves as a docking station for a Mac notebook. With a single cable, users can connect a Thunderbolt-enabled Mac to the 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display and access its FaceTime camera, high quality audio, and Gigabit Ethernet, FireWire 800, USB 2.0 and Thunderbolt ports.

Designed specifically for Mac notebooks, the new display features a thin aluminium and glass enclosure, and includes a MagSafe connector that charges a connected MacBook Pro or MacBook Air.

With a 16:9 edge-to-edge glass design, the Thunderbolt Display uses IPS technology to provide a brilliant image across a wide 178 degree viewing angle. Any Thunderbolt-enabled Mac notebook can dock with the display to quickly and easily replicate a full-fledged desktop solution.

The Thunderbolt Display includes a built-in FaceTime HD video camera for video conferencing, a 2.1 speaker system for high quality audio, an integrated MagSafe charger to keep Mac notebooks charged, three USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, one Gigabit Ethernet port and a Thunderbolt port for daisy chaining up to five additional Thunderbolt devices.

The Thunderbolt IPS display sports a high resolution of 2560 by 1440 and viewing angle of 178 degrees.

The Thunderbolt Display aspires to be the world’s first display to include Thunderbolt I/O technology.

Featuring two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to a blistering 10Gbps each, each Thunderbolt port delivers PCI Express directly to external peripherals such as high performance storage and RAID arrays, supports DisplayPort for high resolution displays and works with existing adapters for HDMI, DVI and VGA displays. Data transfer for Thunderbolt is up to 12 times faster than FireWire 800 and up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0.

Thunderbolt-based Macs with discrete graphics can drive two external displays giving professional users over 7 million additional pixels of display real estate and the ability to daisy chain additional Thunderbolt devices, as well as video and audio capture devices.

Two high-resolution Apple Thunderbolt Displays can be connected to the MacBook Pro.

The Thunderbolt Display includes an ambient light sensor which automatically adjusts the display brightness based on external lighting conditions and uses only as much energy as necessary to provide an optimum viewing experience.

Tags: Apple, docking, IPS, monitor, Thunderbolt

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