thedba

jcs2305 said:

ravnorodom said:

For USB-C Magic Mouse, please have the charging port on the side and frontal. Currently I have 2 Magic Mouses because of the dumb charging port on the bottom. I wonder if that's Jony Ive's decision.

I never got the uproar over this?  Plug it in for 2 minutes and go get some coffee or a drink of water stretch your legs

A full charge takes as little as two hours, while a quick two minutes of charging is enough to give you nine hours of use before the mouse needs a refill.

https://www.lifewire.com/magic-mouse-2-preview-2260679

You would think that after a couple of times of having their mouse run out of juice, they would’ve learned their lesson by now. Maybe a repeating reminder every 10th week to charge your keyboard and mouse?

Second observation, don’t they ever take a lunch break? Say 30 minutes charge during lunch will definitely get you through the day. 

Such first world problems many of them have.

Tech607 said:

I am not trying to be argumentative but look at this. Come on $6000 and $1000 for the stand. Did the price of aluminum go up or something. Just acknowledge that this is gouging and I will concede to the rest of your argument. 

While this may sound outrageous to you, there is a market for these items you described above.

For instance would you ever consider buying one of these?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1663570-REG/red_digital_cinema_710_0342_v_raptor_8k_vv.html



And if so, then you'll probably need a few of these
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1662883-REG/red_digital_cinema_7500098_pro_660gb_cfexpress_2_0.html




And we haven't even gotten to the lenses or the microphones or the other accessories.

Bottom line, none of the items you or I described are probably made for us. But there are "professional" studios out there that do make use of these, in fact their businesses depend on it.  A $1000 stand isn't breaking their bank account any time soon.

sflocal said:

thedba said:

libertyforall said:

Translation:  They are NOT SO PRO!  Spend all that money and still no 2.1 port...  *SMH*

OMG what are we to do?
(Price seen below is in Canadian dollars)

This is the problem with these online sellers.  HDMI 2.1 is 48gb/s and Thunderbolt tops out at 40gb/s.  One cannot run HDMI 2.1 and 4K@120hz over Thunderbolt and these cheap Chinese knockoffs just through misleading advertisements like these.

Someone please explain to me how an M1Pro MBP can support 2 external 6K Apple XDR displays at 60Hz, M1 Max can support 3 external 6K Apple XDR displays at 60Hz but somehow a Τhunterbolt to HDMI cable downgrades all this to 4K 60Hz?  

libertyforall said:

Translation:  They are NOT SO PRO!  Spend all that money and still no 2.1 port...  *SMH*

OMG what are we to do?
(Price seen below is in Canadian dollars)

seanj said:

entropys said:

Yes it should. Hardly anyone has USBc projectors. But they all have hdmi.

Who on Earth has projectors in this day and age?
Never use HDMI ports, DP is so superior.

Many conference rooms use them. 
The problem with many of these so called pros you hear from in these forums, is the constant whining of how come Apple took away such and such port from their beloved Mac circa 2012 or whatever. 
Part of being a “pro” is planning ahead of time for your presentations. As part of that planning you call ahead and find out what technology said conference room or auditorium is using. If it’s HDMI and your laptop does not have that port, then you make sure to carry a TB3 —> HDMI adapter with you. 

Now Apple has brought back the HDMI port on the MBP but we still have someone on this forum complaining that its HDMI 2.0 and not HDMI 2.1. 

Can’t please everyone I guess.