Hi!
I purchased a macbook pro m2 16-inch a couple of weeks ago and soon realised that when I docked it to my Samsung monitor (about 10 year old model) the text appeared blurry on the screen. I also tried it on my projector and two other monitors that are kinda of old as well with the same result. After some internet searching I found this is a common problem with Apple silicon, which wasn't the case for intel-based macbooks (see this link: Why external monitors look awful with Apple Silicon). The workaround described in the link did not work for me. After talking with a coulple of Apple support employees, one of them finally admitted they may have some issues with the Silicon chips compatibility and she recommended that I try a monitor with usb-c port (all 4 I have tried have been hdmi-only-monitors/projector). As I don't have an usb-c monitor available to try on, I ended up returning the Macbook before the opportunity had passed.
Now I'm in a kind of a situation that I'm considering buying a PC after all, despite being abit bored with Windows after 25 years usage. But, I'm also considering buying a new monitor and perhaps a less expensive macbook air, but I wouldn't do that unless I knew that the monitor I'm buying is compatible with the mac (I'm not considering buying a mac monitor, they are too expensive). So, I finally land in my question to you guys. Does anyone know if it's true that monitors will work fine using the usb-c port when connected to an Apple Silicon based mac? And/or do you know any non-apple monitors/projectors in particular that will work for sure?
Thanks for listening!
I purchased a macbook pro m2 16-inch a couple of weeks ago and soon realised that when I docked it to my Samsung monitor (about 10 year old model) the text appeared blurry on the screen. I also tried it on my projector and two other monitors that are kinda of old as well with the same result. After some internet searching I found this is a common problem with Apple silicon, which wasn't the case for intel-based macbooks (see this link: Why external monitors look awful with Apple Silicon). The workaround described in the link did not work for me. After talking with a coulple of Apple support employees, one of them finally admitted they may have some issues with the Silicon chips compatibility and she recommended that I try a monitor with usb-c port (all 4 I have tried have been hdmi-only-monitors/projector). As I don't have an usb-c monitor available to try on, I ended up returning the Macbook before the opportunity had passed.
Now I'm in a kind of a situation that I'm considering buying a PC after all, despite being abit bored with Windows after 25 years usage. But, I'm also considering buying a new monitor and perhaps a less expensive macbook air, but I wouldn't do that unless I knew that the monitor I'm buying is compatible with the mac (I'm not considering buying a mac monitor, they are too expensive). So, I finally land in my question to you guys. Does anyone know if it's true that monitors will work fine using the usb-c port when connected to an Apple Silicon based mac? And/or do you know any non-apple monitors/projectors in particular that will work for sure?
Thanks for listening!
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