It’s a whopping $289, but has a pile of additional ports you might want. (OWC may make both the best and only Thunderbolt 3 dock right now that has a Mini DisplayPort jack, too. It’s far easier to either use the supplied charger with the MacBook Pro, or get an AC-powered dock that has both pass-through charging over the host USB-C cable that connects to your MacBook Pro and the right port for the display. Macworld reader Scott wrote in asking if there were a way to use his LED Cinema Display with his current Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pro. Now, both the LED Cinema Display and Thunderbolt Display series included MagSafe connectors, so you could plug a Mac laptop into the display and charge it at the same time. (Some of the docks and adapters have changed or been discontinued since then, but many remain available.) And you just need a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter to plug in a Thunderbolt Display. You can consult this article, from February 2017, about connecting LED Cinema Displays. You might consider finding a school that has an older vintage of Macs that could make use of one.) (Some of these displays are just over a decade old and in great working order, so it’s a shame they can’t be easily used. We continue to receive queries about the Cinema Display models and DVI (including dual-link DVI, which used two connectors), and to the best of my knowledge and that of our readers, there’s no reliable way to handle all the conversion necessary to drive those displays.

Thunderbolt Display (starting in 2011), which uses Thunderbolt 2 over a Mini DisplayPort-style connector.Each model includes 2-4 USB-C ports for charging, accessories, and data transfer. LED Cinema Display (starting in 2008), which relied on Mini DisplayPort Apples premium laptop comes in 13- and 16-inch screen sizes.Cinema Display (starting in 1999), which used DVI connectors.

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