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Apple Users

Lionel Mandrake

(4,140 posts) Mon Jan 1, 2018, 07:42 PM Jan 2018

Would a new Mac Pro desktop work with an old monitor? [View all]

I need to replace the Mac Pro desktop I bought in 2010. It's so old that replacement parts for it will soon be unavailable. It's a big aluminum tower and weighs over 50 pounds. My old monitor connects to the old desktop via DisplayPort.

A new Mac Pro desktop would weigh only 11 pounds. I'm wondering whether it would work with my old monitor, or whether I would be forced to buy an expensive new monitor to go with the expensive new computer.

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Would a new Mac Pro desktop work with an old monitor? [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 OP

If you buy a new Mac, just get a new monitor... Sancho Jan 2018 #1

Thanks, but I don't need the highest quality video. Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #7

As long as it has the same port forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #2

Besides email and web browsing, Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #5

Yes, with an adapter. Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2018 #3

Thank you. That's good to know. n/t Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #6

If you can hold out until late this year, beginning of 2019, there should be a new model . . . Journeyman Jan 2018 #4

Thanks for the info. That's very interesting. Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #8

I'm leaning toward the iMac Pro Lionel Mandrake Jan 2018 #9