I hope so too. My first-gen rMBP is still a fairly powerful machine, but something as tiny as the MacBook would be even more fantastic. Right now I've got most of my stuff running over USB 3 with two attached hubs. Not too tricky but still a little bit of a pain. I never bought a Thunderbolt hub even though I intended to do so. First they were delayed, then the first models sucked—they either didn't have enough ports or they were really flakey. Later models seemed more stable but always had a cable combo that was off for me. By the time I saw one that I liked on MR, I couldn't justify the price since I had essentially built my own system using USB audio adapters, eSATA to USB 3 adapters, a 7-port 3.0 hub and a 4-port 3.0 hub.What we all thought in 2011 when the first Thunderbolt Macs were released...
Hopefully the adoption of USB-C will be much quicker and more widespread. If so, I think Thunderbolt might see a little revival with the USB-C-shaped TB3 connector. One can only hope.
I'm actually surprised Apple hasn't released a new retina Thunderbolt Display yet. They're already making the panels for the 27" iMac.
My guess is they can't get rid of the current display because they feel compelled to offer a holistic solution as long as the Mac Pro and Mac mini are around, but there must be a political faction within Apple that's blocking progress on developing and/or releasing a new display. So the current display becomes more and more an anachronism.
Second line of the article: "The monitors will be able to charge the MacBook"if you plug one to your tv, how will you charge your rMB?
Interesting. The producer of the KickStarter project Hydradock said that the DP port won't work properly if the Hydradock is plugged into a Dell XPS 13 (which has a Thunderbolt 3 port in addition to 2 USB-A).
Hm. I daydreamed that we'd have engineered human hunger and poverty out and implemented those solutions, and enjoy lives of relative ease thanks to technology, begun repairing the damage our youthful exuberance and ignorance caused the rest of the world, and moved on to all be regularly shuttling out to a busy space station, and from there departing for construction operations & research work on the lunar surface and out to other planets and moons and stations.
Instead we seem to have gotten the opposite of all those things, and our vision seems limited to a perpetual state of war and a string of electronic toys promoting escapism to avoid dealing with reality.
Guess I'm not sold on the tradeoff being worth it.
My guess is they can't get rid of the current display because they feel compelled to offer a holistic solution as long as the Mac Pro and Mac mini are around, but there must be a political faction within Apple that's blocking progress on developing and/or releasing a new display. So the current display becomes more and more an anachronism.
Hasn't it been a decade or more now since Apple last introduced a 30+" display?
No, it's not just you. Lots of people use 30"+ displays like the ultra wide 34" monitors from LG/Dell.And is it just me, or does anybody else want a 32" display monitor? I use my 32" LCD TV at work as an extended desktop display. If it were higher resolution, it would definitely be my primary monitor. It would also be a great investment for a second TV with an ATV box.
I'm disappointed but not surprised anymore. Apple seems to have abandoned everything but the laptop or all-in-one form factor for OSX. Mac Mini is a joke and mac pro is dying on the vine with zero updates since its groundbreaking introduction. Apple's single display choice is not even considerable at this stage.I'm actually surprised Apple hasn't released a new retina Thunderbolt Display yet. They're already making the panels for the 27" iMac.
And is it just me, or does anybody else want a 32" display monitor? I use my 32" LCD TV at work as an extended desktop display. If it were higher resolution, it would definitely be my primary monitor. It would also be a great investment for a second TV with an ATV box.