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  • Thunderbolt Display shipping delay in Europe sparks hopes of Apple refresh once again

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    joe28753 said:
    This is likely because the latest Thunderbolt 3 spec only supports up to DisplayPort 1.2. 5k monitors require DisplayPort 1.3 to work with a single cable. You can use 3rd party 5k monitors now on the latest systems, but it requires a computer and graphics card with two available ports and two cables. Thunderbolt 4 I believe was rumored to come out mid to late 2016 to line up with Display 1.4, using that spec instead, and supporting up to 8k monitors. That's probably what they're waiting for.
    Would the DisplayPort thing matter if the Thunderbolt Display had a built in GPU, I.e one that could act as an external GPU via Thunderbolt 3? This would make a lot of sense for hooking up something like a next gen MacBook 12-inch right?
    Rayz2016