@daringfireball nice first-world observation, but I’ve yet to find a large (medical) congress venue with anything else but VGA cables…
I get @gruber’s point (daringfireball.net/linked/2012/06…), but in many places (like most K-12 classrooms), if there’s a projector at all, it’s VGA-only.
I actually wish my MacBook did have a VGA port. The dongle is a pain in the IO port. daringfireball.net/linked/2012/06… /via @gruber
@daringfireball @gruber Sadly this likely to satisfy enterprise level contracts which require VGA. But VGA is officially dead in 3 years.
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Julia GomezActually, I'm finding even a VGA to HDMI cable obsolete. Just last week I purchased a MiniDisplayPort to HDMI adapter to use on the Thunderbolt port for my...more2012-06-08T02:14:28.933Z
Robert MoirYou clearly have a point, but in education, at least, where people would cheerfully lose their balls if they weren’t in a bag, built in ports are still fugly...more2012-06-07T19:00:56.513Z- Mike HathawayI have 6 campuses with over 1000 mounted projectors. Everything was done in VGA... a few years ago. Even when we replace the projectors we are not rewiring...more2012-06-07T17:42:59.751Z
- MatIt is absolutely silly to make this argument and to mock companies for delivering an important feature, even if it is dated. Can't even count all the times both...It is absolutely silly to make this argument and to mock companies for delivering an important feature, even if it is dated. Can't even count all the times both at university and in industry meetings where I've seen folks scrambling before a presentation, trying to find a VGA adapter. Sell an adapter? That's something you do for FRINGE scenarios. more2012-06-08T16:06:47.727Z
- Julia GomezActually, I'm finding even a VGA to HDMI cable obsolete. Just last week I purchased a MiniDisplayPort to HDMI adapter to use on the Thunderbolt port for my...Actually, I'm finding even a VGA to HDMI cable obsolete. Just last week I purchased a MiniDisplayPort to HDMI adapter to use on the Thunderbolt port for my MacBook Air. Despite the $29.99 cost, that is much more convenient for the times I can't use Home Sharing or AirPlay. For one thing, an MBP is truly a portable computer.more2012-06-08T02:14:28.933Z
- Robert MoirYou clearly have a point, but in education, at least, where people would cheerfully lose their balls if they weren’t in a bag, built in ports are still fugly...You clearly have a point, but in education, at least, where people would cheerfully lose their balls if they weren’t in a bag, built in ports are still fugly but they are like an adapter that will never get lost for as long as you have the machine they came with.more2012-06-07T19:00:56.513Z
- Mike HathawayI have 6 campuses with over 1000 mounted projectors. Everything was done in VGA... a few years ago. Even when we replace the projectors we are not rewiring...I have 6 campuses with over 1000 mounted projectors. Everything was done in VGA... a few years ago. Even when we replace the projectors we are not rewiring that costs more than the projectormore2012-06-07T17:42:59.751Z
- jameskatt@gruber is correct. Mini-displayports should have been provided by the laptop. Then all one needs to bring are VGA, DVI and HDMI adapters. Some venues - such as...@gruber is correct. Mini-displayports should have been provided by the laptop. Then all one needs to bring are VGA, DVI and HDMI adapters. Some venues - such as those in restaurants - only have DVI or HDMI ports (such as when using a large-screen TV for presentations.more2012-06-07T17:32:45.382Z
