Connecting thunderbolt to an older mac

I just purchased a thunderbolt display to use as a second display for an imac 27 inch which I purchased in August 2010.
I then realized that my old imac does not have a thunderbolt port.
Is there anyway I can still use the thunderbolt display with my old imac.
Thank you

not possible, the mac itself needs tb to use a tb monitor
you can buy the 27" led cinema instead
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC007LL/A/refurbished-apple-led-cinema-display -27-flat-panel
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I'm in a dilemma, and your input and help will be appreciated.
So, in my household, we have 3 17" MBP we are usng. One has the Thunderbolt, but the other two has only a mini diplayPort (Unibody 2009 models).
I want to buy the 27 " Cinema display (Thuderbolt) but am wondering, if the display can be used for hooking up all the MBP?.
Also the fact that I work remotely from home (I'm in IT). Sometimes I'd like to hookup Windows Laptops (Sorry for the W word) to the screen also.
Does the new 27" Thunderbolt display support this?.
Thanks in advance for your inputs.
Cheers.

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So, unfortunately, that's a no to both of your questions - unless your Windows laptop has a TB port.
If you want 1 display that will work with both mDP and TB laptops, you need the 27 LED Cinema display, Apple still sells them from their refurbished store.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC007LL/A

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I have a user with a mac pro 2009 vintage. Has a mini display port. She just got a T-bolt monitor, but the MDP does not recognize it at all! Tried zapping the P-RAM and detecting displays in sys prefs/displays. No joy!
Tried the T-bolt monitor on another T-bolt mac and it works fine, so it's not the monitor.
Tried on yet another MDP only mac, and it does not work!!
I thought the video was supposed to work, but not the ports on the back if you plugged it into a MDP mac. NO?????
Does anyone know if there is a card that can be installed to create a T-bolt port on the mac pro 2009 model? I've not found anything yet on the net, so thought I'd ask!
User cannot afford to buy a new mac pro, unfortunately.
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Crud that is what I was afraid of! Why does Apple say it works then? Obviously it doesn't.
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Lisa

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