What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem

Re:What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem by mcantelon on Monday November 14, 2011 @11:18PM (#3237004)

>Just consider the fact that Apple stuck with one standard connector -- however flawed -- for the iPod since day one

Conversely, Apple has gone through a plethora of different types of video connectors over the years.

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Re:What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem by sirn on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @05:18AM (#3237737)

The protocol is different but the connector looks almost identical though. You can even plug in Mini DisplayPort into Thunderbolt and it works.

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Re:What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem by __david__ on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @05:35AM (#3237766)

No, he's talking about ADC and the myriad different laptop display ports they used before they started using Mini DisplayPort and now Thunderbolt.

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