Apple Thunderbolt Display
The Apple Thunderbolt Display is a 27-inch flat panel computer monitor developed and sold by Apple Inc. from July 2011 to June 2016. Originally priced at $999, it replaced the 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display. New to the Thunderbolt Display was the switch from Mini DisplayPort and USB to a single Thunderbolt connector for data and DisplayPort. The Thunderbolt Display also added a Gigabit Ethernet port and FireWire 800 port. The monitor is not compatible with computers without Thunderbolt, including but not limited to, desktop PCs without a Thunderbolt port, Macs released before 2011, the 2012 Mac Pro and the single USB-C Retina MacBook. Devices with Thunderbolt 3 (such as MacBooks released after 2016) can use the display with an adapter.
The Apple Thunderbolt Display | |
| Developer | Apple Inc. |
|---|---|
| Type | Computer monitor |
| Release date | July 20, 2011 |
| Discontinued | June 23, 2016 |
| Predecessor | Apple Cinema Display |
| Successor | LG UltraFine (consumer, Apple-endorsed third party) Apple Studio Display (consumer, Apple-branded) Pro Display XDR (professional) |
| Website | Official Website at the Wayback Machine (archived February 7, 2015) |
The Thunderbolt Display was discontinued in June 2016, and replaced by LG UltraFine displays developed with LG on the consumer end, while the Pro Display XDR succeeded it in 2019 as Apple's professional display. In 2022, the Apple Studio Display was released as the first Apple-branded consumer display since its discontinuation.