I don’t have any thunderbolt adapters or devices to even test any of that. My mini is coming today as long as someone can sign for it. You’d like to think it does, but maybe not. I wonder if daisy chaining thunderbolt devices works when using the adapters. And, it appears that ram requirements aren't really the same as we've come to know because of the way the M1 architecture works. Still waiting for more tests of the mini M1, but so far the tests are pretty jaw-dropping even for applications that aren't even natively optimized for the new M1 chip yet. The good news is that I didn't realize I actually have another thunderbolt port on the hub part of the back of this Apple Thunderbolt display so using it will actually give me an extra thunderbolt port to daisy chain another thunderbolt display or thunderbolt drive if I wanted. Thunderbolt 2 can display 4k whereas thunderbolt 1 maxes out at 2560 x 1440.

No speed difference and the connector is the same. The main difference between thunderbolt 1 & 2 has to do with how the channels are bonded. Just did a little more digging, and it looks like there was only ever one version of the Apple Thunderbolt Display and it's thunderbolt (1). However, your link implies that the thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 3 works with thunderbolt (1) as well. There's nothing in the specs of my thunderbolt display that specifies it being 'thunderbolt v2'. the reason I asked the question is because all of the Apple info I'd found thus far had said you can use an Apple Thunderbolt Display by using the thunderbolt 2 to thunderbolt 3 adapter. You should be fine then if you had to get this adapter.Īgain. You should be fine then if you had to get this said: although, this page you referenced seems to imply that it doesn’t matter if it’s thunderbolt or thunderbolt 2, as both are supported with this adapter. it’s not mentioned if it’s “2” anywhere that I can find so I’m wondering if it’s thunderbolt “1” instead?

I don’t think they made another Apple Thunderbolt after mine, so I’m guessing it’s “2”, but like I said. It’s definitely not display port and has a thunderbolt icon on the connector. It makes no mention that it’s “thunderbolt 2”. The reason I’m not sure is that it just says it’s an Apple Thunderbolt Display. This is the official information, so it’s pretty definitive.

If it’s Thunderbolt and not display port then you can use this. I would assume I’d at least need to get adapter if I wanted to use it on the new mini M1, but I can’t find anything definitive that it would be compatible. Hey, I have an Apple Thunderbolt 27in Display.

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