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0 pointsjsjohnst10y ago0 comments

Buy a thunderbolt monitor and you'll then realize the benefits. I plug one cable in and I have two 34" monitors running at near 4K resolution, gigabit Ethernet, external storage, and a gamut of USB3 ports. Sure, a lot of that can be done with USB3, but not all. Thunderbolt performance is significantly higher too and the cable is very solid and durable.

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pawadu10y ago· 2 in thread

I think you missed my point. Firewire was also significantly faster than USB when it was announced and see where we are now. I paid extra for a laptop with Firewire ports and then paid extra for equipment that had firewire ports, they are all now expensive paperweights. I am not falling into that trap again.

Also, out of curiosity, do you believe that this laptop has the horsepower to run your 2 x 4K monitors with reasonable performance? Without the fans spinning at max speed all the time?

jsjohnstOP10y ago

Not sure, but a 13" MacBook Pro w/ integrated graphics certainly does. I've only done two cinema displays with a 13" MacBook Air so sadly can't comment on it, will try that tonight if I get a second, but the specs of this put it more in the MBP category anyway.

jsjohnstOP10y ago

Also, USB 3.1 and Thunderbolt 3 are merging together in a similarish fashion as how MiniDP/TB2 did, so within a few years time for adoption the point will be rather mute hopefully.

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