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0 pointsfunction_seven4y ago0 comments

So people like me would consider buying it.

I have a Mac. I also have a work-issued PC. I have both machines connected to the same displays, and switch between them.

DisplayPort isn't some obsolete technology here. I understand why this display doesn't have HDMI, or DVI, or VGA, or Composite, or S-Video, etc. But DisplayPort would be nice.

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gumby4y ago

> DisplayPort isn't some obsolete technology here...DisplayPort would be nice.

Type C is one of the standard interfaces for the Displayport standard, and Displayport is the standard video transport on a thunderbolt cable.

technobabbler4y ago

...so, wait, DisplayPort is really more like DisplayProtocol, but there's also a physical port called DisplayPort? :(

ThreePinkApples4y ago

That's how data cables/ports work. There is a DisplayPort "protocol", then there are DisplayPort physical connectors and cables. Then there are other types of physical connectors and cables that also can be used with DisplayPort "protocol". Same thing for USB, or HDMI etc.

Yes, it's confusing. But it's also a good thing as you can carry lots of stuff over the same cable and connector. A USB-C type cable and connector can carry USB, Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, HDMI, even analogue audio.

Before USB-C, Thunderbolt was using mini-DisplaPort connector and cables.

technobabbler4y ago

I don't think Apple really wants you to buy their monitor for use on a PC. It's just a support headache, between the cables and graphics cards and refresh rates and gamma and such.

Everything on the product page suggests it was only designed for Mac: https://www.apple.com/studio-display/

That it happens to work on a PC at all is, I guess, an unintentional side effect that they'd rather not even acknowledge. You can try it unsupported but it's not their problem...

They've never been good at supporting standards not invented there. Hell, ever tried to use a Magic Mouse with a PC? Everything about it feels completely off. Part of me wonders if subtle incompatibilities, where hardware works 80% of the way, is maybe even part of their deliberate strategy to introduce small headaches to the PC experience to frustrate you into switching.

(Of course OSX has its own share of frustrations too, but nothing like using PC hardware on a Mac or vice versa).

stanmancan4y ago

Apple hasn't been in the business of selling you things to use on non-Apple devices for a very... very long time.

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gumby4y ago

> DisplayPort isn't some obsolete technology here...DisplayPort would be nice.

Type C is one of the standard interfaces for the Displayport standard, and Displayport is the standard video transport on a thunderbolt cable.

technobabbler4y ago

...so, wait, DisplayPort is really more like DisplayProtocol, but there's also a physical port called DisplayPort? :(

ThreePinkApples4y ago

Before USB-C, Thunderbolt was using mini-DisplaPort connector and cables.

technobabbler4y ago

I don't think Apple really wants you to buy their monitor for use on a PC. It's just a support headache, between the cables and graphics cards and refresh rates and gamma and such.

Everything on the product page suggests it was only designed for Mac: https://www.apple.com/studio-display/

That it happens to work on a PC at all is, I guess, an unintentional side effect that they'd rather not even acknowledge. You can try it unsupported but it's not their problem...

(Of course OSX has its own share of frustrations too, but nothing like using PC hardware on a Mac or vice versa).

stanmancan4y ago

Apple hasn't been in the business of selling you things to use on non-Apple devices for a very... very long time.

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