There were several moans and groans when Apple announced last fall that it would be standardizing on Mini DisplayPort for all its computers, but the reality is that Mini DisplayPort is with us to stay ...

Simple question, yet oddly hard to google: Do they add any latency? Would performance be better than a DVI-D to VGA adapter? I know they have to have a DAC because DP doesn't natively output analogue.

When Apple released the new MacBooks with the Mini DisplayPort connectors, the options for using them were quite limited. Namely, while Apple's own 24-inch cinema display was built to solely work with ...