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Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats by mikeash on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @12:40PM (#13015766)
It would just be a single cable plus an adapter. The monitor cable has DP on one end and mini-DP on the other end. Thunderbolt 3 uses the USB-C connector and is what the ports on the MacBook are. So it's: Display -> DP to mini-DP cable -> TB2 to TB3 -> MacBook. Or, one extra step than the old MacBook needed, if only it actually worked.
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Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats by lvh on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @12:42PM (#13015790)
Just wanted to confirm that you are correct :) The AppleCare support people suggested I had "too many dongles" -- cheekily, I agree; I would be very happy with zero!
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Re:2016 Retina MacBook Pro Caveats by mikeash on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @12:46PM (#13015833)
Since USB-C does DisplayPort directly, can you use a cable that has USB-C on one end and DP on the other end? Or is DP over USB-C sufficiently different that you need some sort of active adapter?
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