maybe if you were going to start using the angle as a tool you wouldn't be having these nightmares ...
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I like having more universal ports that allow me to accommodate future use cases and not specific ports that tie me to yesterday’s tech. Especially, yesterday’s tech that I don’t use. Dongles are perfectly fine and at no more risk of being lost or damaged than any other piece of a pro’s gear. I understand you want Apple to dumb their products down to the world you live in, but that has never been their philosophy.
just to be clear, I have no problem YOU wanting those ports but you should also accept that I (and others) DO NOT want those ports ... and belaboring that we don't know what "professionals" want/need is just ... well, let's leave it at that
I am totally relaxed, trust me and I am truly enjoying the reactions to my desire to not bring legacy ports back ... life is good
Me thinks you do not understand what the word "Pro" means.
The slightly upgraded MacBook Airs that Apple has been passing off as pro models for the past several years are just sad. The one exception being the 16 inch 2019 MB Pro which at least has a decent enough cooling system to run at something close to it's full potential. Though even it is lacking in ports.
Welp...
Hope they have a good trade-in value for my current M1 MBP to entice me to upgrade.
Hope they have a good trade-in value for my current M1 MBP to entice me to upgrade.
Exactly. I’m more likely to use a Micro SD or a CF Express card which would effectively render a built in SD card reader useless for me. I’d rather just have the thunderbolt port that this slot and HDMI port would most likely be replacing.
Mostly their philosophy was to lower production costs and and generate extra income via dongles that shouldn't be needed on models that have the word "Pro" in their name.
HDMI and the SD standard are both very much mainstream and relevant today and were even more so five years ago when Apple eliminated them, likely due to some combination of increasing their margin and mistakenly believing that form is more important than function.
I have an M1 MB Air. It's a great little computer but it doesn't meet all my needs. The new 16 inch pro will if the rumors are correct. No other MacBook has been able to do that for a very long time.
That is about the best example of a false equivalency that I can imagine. Nicely done.
It doesn't mean anything. It's merely a marketing phrase, a differentiator.
As my father would say. “Only an amateur calls himself a ‘pro.’ A true professional lets his work speak for him.”
I always see individuals begging for a legacy HDMI port on the new MBP. Just so unnecessary. Just bring your dongle. Or, better still bring an Apple TV. Connect that via HDMI cable to the projector. Then AirPlay your presentation to the AppleTV. This way you can have your shiny, new MBP right in front of you and not be physically connected to the projector.
Funny, the same people whining about an HDMI port are the same people who want MagSafe to prevent their computers from being pulled to the floor. Yet, they are not worried about an HDMI cable being snagged during a presentation and doing the same thing.
Funny, the same people whining about an HDMI port are the same people who want MagSafe to prevent their computers from being pulled to the floor. Yet, they are not worried about an HDMI cable being snagged during a presentation and doing the same thing.
Why would professional photographers want support for SD cards when they can just shoot on iPhone and then transfer hundreds of gigs over lightning?
SD cards are on the way out at the higher-end camera level. (I'm not going to say "pro" because a professional can get profession work out of just about any camera sold today) And the sub-enthusiast-level photographers are probably just using phones. I think an extra t-bolt or USB-C port would be more useful to more people.
Full disclosure, my two primary cameras are a Panasonic G9 (SD) and a Nikon Z7 (XQD & CF Express)
Full disclosure, my two primary cameras are a Panasonic G9 (SD) and a Nikon Z7 (XQD & CF Express)
I also like how they use “dongles are unprofessional” when I’m siting here looking at a fortune in high-end video and photo gear that is surrounded almost entirely with dongles, adapters, and breakout boxes. I’d buy the argument that someone needs an HDMI port on their MacBook Air to play movies on the TV in their livingroom before I’d buy the excuse that a photographer can’t handle a dongle.
It’s 2021… just give me the 4 USB-C ports and let’s call it a day.
There's no way HDMI 2.1 ports should be considered "legacy" in any discussion here. HDMI 2.1 is only available in some of the newest TVs / AV receivers for example, and supports really high resolution, VRR, and all the latest things. Finally brings the HDMI spec up to speed (literally) with DisplayPort.
HDMI 1.4 is legacy, sure, but highly unlikely Apple will include anything less than the 2.1 spec.
Having HDMI 2.1 will be amazing, because it allows people to still plug in HDMI projectors etc without dongles, and hopefully even allows these MBPs to support things like 120Hz on the latest 4K TVs.
HDMI 1.4 is legacy, sure, but highly unlikely Apple will include anything less than the 2.1 spec.
Having HDMI 2.1 will be amazing, because it allows people to still plug in HDMI projectors etc without dongles, and hopefully even allows these MBPs to support things like 120Hz on the latest 4K TVs.
I’m not considering an HDMI 2.1 port legacy. In fact, the only reason Apple would even put an HDMI port on the Mac again is to support HDMI 2.1 since it is beyond the bandwidth supported by USB or Thunderbolt. But Apple is not adding it so Doug in accounting can show PowerPoint slides on an 8 year old BenQ projector. They are doing it so you can run an 8K display at 120Hz in HDR. And as soon as USB and TB support 80Gbps, it’s back to Dongle Town.
I think Apple is not going far enough with legacy ports. There are still quite a few VGA projectors in corporate America. Hell, I think Apple should add a VGA port on their new MBP. While they are at it, they can also throw in an Ethernet port. Now that's a "professional" machine. NOT.
You're right here for sure. But the bonus is that Doug in accounting will be able to use his crusty old projector without dongles
It's not just old projectors though, it's also new TVs / monitors, which is a huge bonus - jury is still out on how well Apple Silicon Macs will support Windows gaming etc going forward, but if they do at some point, this could be a decent bonus.I'm not sure on whether they'll ditch HDMI as soon as USB / TB support 80Gbps. I really think the rumoured Apple monitor will include an HDMI 2.1 port, which massively opens up the potential audience for that display too, beyond just Mac customers. If that's the case, you'd hope Apple would continue to include HDMI 2.1 and beyond for a while yet.
