Exactly. Who in their right mind would be a laptop to show presentations when travelling..... :roll eyes:
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Macbook 12" Retina - currently cannot be used with display port?
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Exactly. Who in their right mind would be a laptop to show presentations when travelling..... :roll eyes:
Warning: This posting might contain irony.
In sure is been mentioned here, but as I travel quite a bit for work and have to do a number of prezi's i take an Apple TV and do air play. I think the new Apple TV can do AirPlay on a local network or without wifi, but I've yet to have that issue with the personal hotspot and all.
Im going to try AirPlay tomorrow in my office for regular work and see how the input lag is.
Im going to try AirPlay tomorrow in my office for regular work and see how the input lag is.
That's a cute interpretation of things, but I plan to use this plugged into an external display at all times in the office, and not while traveling.
Cute is how the sleek MacBook will look plugged into the external display at all times with no power, because of course - it's plugged into the display at all times
Cute is how the sleek MacBook will look plugged into the external display at all times with no power, because of course - it's plugged into the display at all times
Apple just needs to come out with a USB-C Retina display already with built in ethernet/USB 3.0 ports that also charges the rMB. This will quell much of the angst here. (heck, I'd take a 'lo-res' 1440p display at this point)
What? I use a MBPr for presentations now and leave the adapter at home/my desk. Even the night classes I teach only need 3 hours of battery which surpasses even the battery doom trolls' assessment of the rMB battery life.
I agree that most times it's fine. However, as someone that often presents I wouldn't buy a laptop with only one port. Nothing to do with liking or disliking the Macbook or trolling on battery. If I happened to be low on power and heading to a presentation *right now* there is no option to both charge and connect. Apple is forward thinking in that everyone should have an Apple TV and most things can be done without wires including video transmission which is a lot more convenient. However we're not there yet. You can't both power the Macbook and plug a wire into it for projection. All I'm saying is it's not the ideal laptop for external projection - not that you can't do it, you can. Not sure why people argue with such a simple and obvious observation.
Honestly I don't think it's that much of a difference from the MBPr I use today. I remember planning that out when I first saw the single port. As it stands today I have to use a dongle already because all the university classroom AV is still VGA.
With the MBPr I use the mini-DP to VGA dongle, and I plug the presenter remote into the USB port, and I plug in the magsafe when it's an all day course.
With the rMB I'll use the VGA dongle, plug the presenter remote into the dongle, and the USB-C power into the dongle (for all day courses).
Now if I were somewhere that had HDMI, I could skip the mini-DP to VGA dongle in the MBPr setup, but none of our rooms really have that yet.
Any reason this wouldn't work on the new Macbook: https://store.google.com/product/usb_type_c_to_displayport_cable
I realise the machine won't currently charge while using this until an adapter becomes available with both a USB-C charge port and a USB-C output.
I realise the machine won't currently charge while using this until an adapter becomes available with both a USB-C charge port and a USB-C output.