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1. #Best macbook pro late 2013 thunderbolt monitor cracked#
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3. #Best macbook pro late 2013 thunderbolt monitor upgrade#

Oh, the ironic path that progress sometimes takes. So I’ll continue to use my extra power supply and wait for Apple to release theirs.

I ordered as soon as I heard about it but admittedly mine does not work consistently and that’s not the kind of thing you can have going in and out. No product has been released by them yet, but in the meantime, this Kickstarter product is already out claiming to do the same thing.

Apple reportedly filed a patent for a magsafe / USB C adapter.

#Best macbook pro late 2013 thunderbolt monitor cracked#

The only thing it cannot accommodate is power, but buying an extra power supply is cheaper and easier than buying a $1300 LG display which is the ONLY one on the market (as of now) that can power a 15" Macbook anyway.Īnd, it seems that nut is almost cracked too.

#Best macbook pro late 2013 thunderbolt monitor upgrade#

The Retina display model was the first significant upgrade to the 13 inch MacBook Pro since its release in 2009, signifying the 3rd generation of MacBook Pro models. So, after more time to think about it, we’ve decided that, for us, the best monitor for a new Macbook Pro is actually an old Thunderbolt Display. Apples first Retina display 13' MacBook Pro was released in late 2012. In fact, some say that the lower wattage power supply can actually damage your 15" MBP. They look great and they power the lower wattage 13" Macbook Pros that our team there uses.īut they don’t have speakers or cameras and they don’t power the larger 15" Macbook Pros. Wrote a blog post evaluating them all and came to the conclusion that the Dell 27 Ultrathin Monitor: S2718D made the best sense for us, so we bought 8 of them for our new Dallas office. And we bought a bunch of other USB C monitors to test them out too. It does not have any traditional USB ports and it’s 5k resolution is so high that most people scale back down to that of the old Thunderbolt Displays (2560 x 144) anyway.īut we bought one to test it out. The real issue is what monitor should you use? If you’re used to Apple Thunderbolt Displays, which elegantly act as a USB Hub and Power Supply, wrapped up with helpful features like webcam and speakers, you find yourself in a bit of a predicament.Īpple killed the Thunderbolt Display years ago and replaced it with an unnecessarily expensive (and ugly) alternative in the form of the LG UltraFine 5k Display ($1,299). They’re annoying and more expensive than you want them to be, but ultimately they amount to an inconvenience.

#Best macbook pro late 2013 thunderbolt monitor mac os#

The Best Monitor for a New Macbook Pro is an OLD Thunderbolt DisplayĮarlier this year, we started purchasing new Macbook Pros for our office and became victims of the dependency-driven cottage industry fordongles that allow you to connect your stuff to a computer that only has USB C inputs.ĭongles are one thing. Looking at benchmarks here I would want to get the GTX1080, but from what Ive seen mentioned a few times, the GTX 1080 cant be used on Mac OS Sou.