I really wish Apple would come out with something like this that is guaranteed to work with the new MacBook Pros. I was so excited about the possibilities for usb-c/thunderbolt 3. But the reality of very few options (particularly for dual display support) and compatibility issues has soured the transition IMHO.
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Lenovo Announces New 'ThinkPad' Docks Equipped With Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C Ports
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While I'm personally very shy o VGA and since like 2000 or so tried to connect my displays digitally (DVI back in the day) whenever possible, I wanted to turn on my UltraSPARC 10 last weekend in my parent's attic.
It took me like nearly an hour to find an abandon VGA cable at the very last drawer in the garage corner, ... ;-)
The holy 13W3 connector for my Sgi Octane, however, I keep in my precious office drawer, together will all the many Apple iDongles accumulated over the last decade, …
Some businesses don't upgrade their projector infrastructure every 5 years for cost reasons. And if you look at the toxic cesspits (literally) that modern consumer culture has created in the countries of manufacture then the benefits of maintaining backwards compatibility are evident. There is also some specialized equipment (for accessibility) that require analog inputs.
At this stage it costs little and on a docking station were space is not an issue it's fair enough to have it.
I have a MacBook Pro that's over three years old. I've never had a windows machine last that long. A person that uses VGA doesn't have much sense IMO.
I love how this was about USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 but instead everyone is talking about the VGA port.
Haven't exactly been dreaming of seeing my Excel spreadsheets at work in 4k lol, but I do use 4k at home.
Haven't exactly been dreaming of seeing my Excel spreadsheets at work in 4k lol, but I do use 4k at home.
No kidding. I'm a huge fan of Thunderbolt 3's potential but Apple's moves to:
1. Make it so almost no existing Thunderbolt 3 devices are compatible (totally arbitrary too since disabling CIP and patching KEXTs will get them to work fine).
2. Have no hardware available at launch.
At least they made a decent adapter so all my Thunderbolt 1/2 stuff works but it's annoying that despite the fact that there are a bunch of cool devices available now (e.g. Startech has a dual DisplayPort out from a single Thunderbolt 3 port) that I can't use... because.
Gotta wait until updated devices with updated chipsets are released. Lame. I'm pretty unhappy with how they opted to roll this out.
Yup, I just went to an electronics company the other day for presentation and they only have VGA connector. I'm surprised that back when VGA and DVI was around, people never adopted DVI. I wonder how long it'll take before all companies start using USB-C instead of VGA or the lesser known DVI 
Disabling SIP will also allow malware to patch your kernels.
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Note that they aren't mini display ports.
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Note that they aren't mini display ports.
I've never seen a full size display port. Well there you have it! Just two more adapters to go with my dongle sets!!
I'm aware. The only point I was making is that the lack of support for existing Thunderbolt 3 hardware is entirely artificial and imposed by macOS. Boot up in Windows and suddenly the devices work fine. Patch your extensions and they work fine in macOS.
It was a douche move by Apple, plain and simple.
Very confused as to the point of this article because no where does it say if they are compatible with the Mac.
Perhaps you should wait for that to be confirmed before posting an article about them no?
Perhaps you should wait for that to be confirmed before posting an article about them no?
I've got a dell laptop that is circa 2005 and one that is 2016. That dell outlived my 2012 rMBP. We have windows machines at work that we do development on that have lasted longer than 3 years. PCs last much longer now a days.
I also had a MBP 2009 that lasted less than 3 years before I had to replace it because it was getting too slow. Still got it but it does exhibit spinning hour glass for my wife (upgraded ram to 8GB and 256GB SSD).
Anything Apple with a battery probably only has a life of 5 years (if the battery starts failing).
I'm looking for a dock/hub for my XPS that has dual 60Hz ultra HD support. I think dell had issues with theirs and there might be a TB16 in the wings?
Personal past experience is a no but I'm not surprised if they're docks and dongles out there that does what you mentioned.
A douch move somehow implies that they profited from it. I don't see how they profit from it.
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If only there were an option to pay somebody to put a new battery in it.
Me too, never owned a windows machine. Currently use a MBP that is older. Wanted to purchase a new one since 2014, but they have been getting too dumbed down. For my previous post, I was talking about 2016 models. I use VGA every day, even though my old MBP requires a dongle. Business use requires it. It really pissed me off at the time to have to carry a dongle, and still pisses me off. That is one of many reasons why I am no longer recommend Apple computers to anyone.
The new ones have no expandable memory, no changeable SSD, etc. Everybody should know that SSDs have a limited life, last time i looked it was something like 1000 write operations to single cell. Probably better now, but still finite. In order to last any length of time the OS monitors cell writes and moves stuff around to keep from wearing out cells. So if you need to store 1/2 TB then you better have a 2 TB drive or it will fail in my usage in less than a couple of years and Apple will only replace the motherboard with a used motherboard with used SSD that has even less remaining life.
Try reading http://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead. In this article Samsung 250 GB drives started failing after 300 TB of writes (1:1200 ratio). So Apple stuff is fine for teenagers, college students, normal business users doing email, quarterly presentations, etc. But for any really heavy or professional computer usage like audio processing, video processing, data analysis, etc., Apple soldered in SSDs are an epic fail. Note that Apple does not, as far as I have been able to find, publish any information on the reliability/endurance of its drives. Although IIRC it has been suggested that Apple uses Samsung SSDs.
And yet...SSD's are much less prone to malfunction than HD's, and yes, this (fact) has been proven.
Edit: It didn't start failing at 300 TB, it tripled the Data written you say above, bad sectors are normal and wording it as failing is wrong.
900 TB is a LOT of Data, few people will reach that kind of Data before replacements of their system.
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That's a TLC SSD which had less endurance than MLC. Let's just say Apple is using TLC, which they aren't, you won't reach the write limit in under 5 years with heavy usage.
Apple uses SSDs from Samsung and Sandisk and it's the best SSDs you'll find anywhere.
My 2013 MBP is still my daily. I have a 2009 MBP that's usable, but I wouldn't use it simply because it's old. I also have a 2009 Dell that turns on, but it's so slow and hot, it's not usable at all.
I agree. I can tell you the second they drop it is the one time you need to drop a vga monitor in place for 1 day for something special and then you don't have it! That's my luck anyway. I wouldn't let a vga port weigh my decision for a dock though.