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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by nuker on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:29PM (#28914559)
> Plug a computer into a monitor

… and get only 30Hz on 4k ;)

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by rhysmorgan on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:09AM (#28915913)
You can totally get 4K 60Hz, so long as the USB-C port supports DisplayPort 1.4a Alt-Mode.

(which raises one of the problems with USB-C - it's impossible to tell how what features it supports)

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by mrspuratic on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:50AM (#28917512)
USB is meronymic morass.

alt-mode was the "killer feature" for me, alt-mode MST with a bus-powered splitter to drive dual DP (or HDMI) QHD external screens from a single USB-C port. This makes a regular laptop a viable desktop replacement for me.

Support for multiple external displays makes the billing, though these have 1x HDMI + 3x TB4 ports to play with.

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