I connect my Mac to my 2K monitor and my 4K TV with HDMI, and it works the same exact way as if I'd used DisplayPort... if the TV even had DP input. I don't care about supporting the theoretical 8K monitor I may have some day.
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Kuo: New MacBook Pro Models With HDMI Port and SD Card Reader to Launch Later This Year
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For a long time, the chip simply didn't exist. Like, 2016-2019. Nobody needed more ports either cause nothing used those ports except adaptors to older ports.
I used company budget to buy an expensive CalDigit dock for my corp laptop with all the ports... it has no USB-C ports.
Considering it was a new generation of iMacs having Superdrive that came *after* the MacBook Air was announced, it would imply Apple believed people still used them when the MacBook Air was released.
The question wasn't if Flash was used before the iPhone. So I don't know what you're talking about. We're talking about inconveniences for the broad customer base when Apple decides to help kill off a piece of technology. Did you ever visit a flash website during the early iPhone days and shrugged that you couldn't view it? I sure did. But I'm glad Apple did it.
Now you're just going off topic.
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The touch bar sleeps after a while, requiring a press to wake it up. On my 2016 one, I've had some background tab start creating noise during a meeting, and the touch bar wouldn't respond for a few seconds.
Because iMac users still used DVDs for a while, given that they're more often doing heavier tasks, but that went away on its own schedule too. Plus the DVD drive has way more problems when it's portable.
It wasn't an inconvenience to decide not to support a use case, Flash on mobile, that was never really there to begin with. I remember tech writers moaning about it back then, and I was thinking, who the heck actually cares.
This comment thread is about Apple killing old ports. I don't know what you want.
Then you're carrying an even larger object around. And most meeting rooms have a *male* HDMI cable for you to use, not the port, unless you want to climb to the ceiling and find it on the projector.
I don't know what the point of that statement is. Did I say all cameras since 2018 dumped SD card support?
All my points still stand. Using SD cards for cinema grade raw footage has never been a thing. So trying to use that as an example is laughable.
Additionally, laptops are for field work and lighter tasks like photography, lighter video work, graphic design, etc. The same types of work that use and will continue using SD cards. Taking a very specific use case (processing RAW footage) that MacBooks aren’t even ideal for as an argument against something most people would find useful is ridiculous.
Which would mean people still broadly used DVD drives for years after the MacBook Air was released which I said which was when the majority still used DVD drives. What I said remains true.
Considering more than half of all websites used Flash in some way and iPhone was touted to have a full browser built in, it was definitely an inconvenience when someone visited a site that needed flash in some way.
Killing off USB-A is nothing like killing off DVD drives, but you're bringing up expensive dongles as a counter-argument to my DVD drive case which makes no sense as USB-A is a completely different scenario. Off topic.
The majority of people _had_ DVD drives. Didn't mean they used them more than on rare occasions.
It wasn't a regression. You'd go to your PC to browse such a site, same as before you had the iPhone. The 2016 MBP was a regression from the 2015 one.
Then why are you talking about DVD drives in the first place on an article about 2021 MBPs and USB-C? Scrolling up... yeah, you're talking about Apple killing things that are still widely used.
Very brave of you to come out on this forum... good luck
although I do agree with you.
Same. I always figured the heavy duty equipment used something besides SD but didn't know what. Just because someone has lighter needs doesn't mean they're not a creative pro. And let's not pretend most MacBook "Pro" owners are even using them for professional needs.
Still, idk why the SD card is needed. Don't all these cameras have USB cables?
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Wow, I never expected to see so many people worked up so much over a SD card slot or a HDMI port. I believe the problem is really an I/O bottleneck that can only handle so much. USB C apparently uses the most bandwidth with four USB C ports taking just about all the designed bandwidth. All other ports have to compete for any remainder bandwidth. Adding more ports reduces the number of USB C ports. Everyone wants to protect their favorite port. Instead of fixing the I/O problem we focus on the circular firing squad. My self, I am from the "It just works" mentality and I hate dongles, period. Apple has allowed this fan schism to fester by keeping quiet about the limitations of the current technology. I expect Apple will, in time, innovate its way past this problem. I wish it would happen sooner than later.
"Rare occasion" is still considered "usage". Apple helped accelerate the killing off that "usage" which would be inconvenient for those that needed that "rare usage". What I said remains true.
You're mistaking what is an "inconvenience" with what is a "regression".
SD port are single function: to read and write data on a medium.
DVD drives are single function: to read and write data on a medium.
USB is multifunction: to read and write data on a medium, to charge devices, to plug in an input device like a mouse/keyboard/controller, to plugin a display, etc...
USB is an entirely different discussion. You're failing at making a proper comparison in this context.
There's a reason why I didn't bring up something like Touchbar, you know that thing that replaced function keys that goes along the lines of what you said about "Apple killing things that are still widely used".
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Removable storage allows users to swap out cards and keep shooting. In professional settings one will often pop out the card for someone else to offload/backup while they continue shooting with a fresh card.
They have 4 thunderbolt controllers. All 4 ports support 40gbps. Where as the Intel and M1 Mac mini only have two controllers. Just the Intel version had two extra ports but still only two controllers.
And I responded to you Headphone jack comment. Seriously I don’t see an issue here??? You said it was an issue they removed the headphone jack and I replied.
So the slot is really only important for people who care so much about their photos that they need to back up on the spot, otherwise they'd just store the cards away. I won't question the pros' methods, but that does seem niche enough to warrant the answer being "get a USB SD card reader."
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I was really hoping for USB-A. I don't care if it's ugly. If you're adding back SD and HDMI go all the way with an I-don't-care-if-it's-ugly MBP. (BTW, I don't think it's ugly, but I assume Apple thinks USB-A is ugly.)
There are no USB-C devices that can replicate the functionality of an always-in flush USB-A flash drive.
There are no USB-C devices that can replicate the functionality of an always-in flush USB-A flash drive.
