If you're using ethernet, then you're most likely plugging into your usual desk space, right? In which case, having a dock to plug into with everything you need built into it is actually the elegant solution, instead of having to connect every cable you need individually each time.
I agree, a dock offers the most convenience. In my case, I happen to use a Samsung ultra wide monitor that has USB-C (and USB-A) ports on the back. I have a USB-C to ethernet adapter connected to that and whatever else I might need also connected to the monitor's built-in hub. Then I simply connect the monitor's Thunderbolt cable to my MBP for charging and access to accessories. Maybe one day soon we'll see an Apple monitor again that incorporates a Thunderbolt hub with an Ethernet jack like the previous TB Display and also have single cable convenience.
How so if s/he is talking about the Intel 26" MBP that they already own (which I do as well, and completely agree)?
Because it's in the HDMI now dawg... they have extracters on Monoprice... FYI and/or other like sites
At least on MacOS, HDMI ports can't output ONLY audio. You have to have a display connected.
Absolutely. I looked at the specifications. All it says is high impedance. What does that mean?
I'm with you. Would have been simple enough to document what works best with the headphone jack.
USB-C can definitely transfer sound but you will need an outboard USB transceiver and DAC and amp (which is what you find in a USB-C to headphone adapter). There's space in a MacBook Pro for that hardware and a headphone jack, and water ingress is less of a concern with a laptop than a phone, so why shouldn't Apple keep a headphone jack on the laptop?
Just Lightning that's still being shipped in the iPhone box in a couple countries.
You have one already? And did you have one already when you wrote how it defied physics? I mean, how did you actually know how it sounds?
