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by timdorr 4032 days ago
Whenever this makes it's way to the Macbook Pro (probably next year?), this will definitely enable them to make the upgrade. Right now, they don't have any TB3-capable computers, so no one would want to buy that monitor.

And I guess the sticky part will be all those 12" Macbook's with Type C connectors that wouldn't work with such a display...
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bryanlarsen 4032 days ago
Those 12" Macbook's aren't capable of driving a 5K display at 60Hz, period, even if they had a TB3 port. However, a TB3 display plugged into a standard type-C port would negotiate a DP1.2 connection so it could run 5K@30 or 4K@60.
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timdorr 4032 days ago
I'm not saying they should. I'm just saying there will be confusion about there being a Type C connector on the monitor and the laptop, and that they don't work together.
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bryanlarsen 4031 days ago
But I'm saying that they probably will work together. Downgraded, sure, just like when you plug a USB3 hard drive into a USB2 port. It's not fast, but you can get your files off.
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