Has anyone seen any information on if the 16" MBP will be able to drive the XDR display at its full 6k resolution?
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Will 16" MBP drive the XDR display at full 6k?
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I'd love to track down some detailed information about 6k support over Thunderbolt on the upcoming Mac Pro and the new 16" Macbook Pro. Specifically I'm interested in understanding what is happening under-the-hood with the video signal over Thunderbolt on older Macs vs. newer Macs. Thunderbolt 3 has the throughput to support 6K so is it just a software change permitting newer machines to drive the XDR display or is the Thunderbolt hardware/signal different?
I was also curious about this question yesterday and checked the video support specs on the new Macbook Pro and the older models and only the new model supports the 6016x3384 resolution (my understanding is that previous gens will drive the XDR display but at 5k resolution). Anyway I'm hoping the new Macbook will drive the XDR monitor, that's be a pretty awesome combo.
The specs for the new Mac Pro specifically say XDR support so hopefully there isn't anything special the Mac Pro can do with the XDR display that the Macbook Pro can't?
I was also curious about this question yesterday and checked the video support specs on the new Macbook Pro and the older models and only the new model supports the 6016x3384 resolution (my understanding is that previous gens will drive the XDR display but at 5k resolution). Anyway I'm hoping the new Macbook will drive the XDR monitor, that's be a pretty awesome combo.
The specs for the new Mac Pro specifically say XDR support so hopefully there isn't anything special the Mac Pro can do with the XDR display that the Macbook Pro can't?