I was at photo conference a years ago and watched as the help staff hit there walkie talkies looking for a monitor dongle for a mac. They got one just in time saving apple's embarrassment.

I generally like apple products but they recently seem to have gone too far in the style vs functionality direction.

It seems the reason for your disappointment was lack of research. If you knew you were going to use it with projectors, I'm not sure why you wouldn't look into that, especially since the Macbook Air only has thunderbolt.

> I'm not sure why you wouldn't look into that

Probably because he assumed that it would work the way it's supposed to. Should he also have researched whether the power cable actually charges the batteries?

They advertise that it will work?

They sell the adapter. The fact that they sell it implies that it works.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ

Reread the blog post. Misunderstood the issue. I stand corrected.

Why don't you just go on craigslist and buy a used last generation air?