Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip

Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by ponector on Monday March 04, 2024 @05:29PM (#39597005)

Few years back I had a MacBook pro 2019 and an old ultra wide LG screen with resolution 25:9 and HDMI only input. Apparently, official Apple's USB to HDMI connector cannot handle screen resolution 2560*1080 at that time.

Thing that was possible at 300$ windows laptop cannot be done on 2500$ machine with 60$ connector.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by nine_k on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:51PM (#39598521)

Because if you agreed to pay $2500 anyway, you can agree to pay for an upgrade!

Apple is in the business of selling you hardware, specifically premium hardware. Think car dealership.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by ponector on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @02:26AM (#39600362)

And Dell is not in that business? Or Lenovo?

People agree to pay ridiculous prices for memory or apple connectors - why not to charge them maximum?

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by filoleg on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:38PM (#39608886)

I had a 2019 MBP, and it worked fine with my LG 5K ultrawide at full resolution (5120x2160).

I would check your HDMI cable (not all hdmi cables support the resolutions you want), but mine worked perfectly fine using a USB-C thunderbolt 3 cable, as well as an USB-C to DisplayPort cable.

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