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What's the status on LG's UltraFine 5K monitor?

 

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After receiving reports of connectivity issues related to LG's new UltraFine 5K monitor, and confirming those problems with LG, Apple temporarily suspended sales of the display earlier this February. With ship times slow to improve, AppleInsider explains what's going on.

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bobolicious 10 Years · 1178 comments

...well I bought a MBP and ironically the only displays it could not work with were legacy Apple ones, go figure... So I waited, and waited, and now... Hmmm...

I have to ask if Apple had simply upgraded the 27" Cinema to 4K Thunderbolt with USB3 and a 5K/8K option perhaps even larger with TB3, such might have been both cost and zeitgeist competitive... Maybe soon, or has Apple abandoned the 'monitor' entirely in favour of AR and a virtual display future...?

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appex 11 Years · 670 comments

Apple should make a brand new Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gbps) display 24-inch with USB 3.1 Type-C (reversible) Generation 2 (10 Gbps). Besides brand new Mac Pro and Mac mini. The All-in-One iMac is a waste and Earth aggression computers may last seven years, but displays last more than 20.

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fastasleep 14 Years · 6451 comments

...well I bought a MBP and ironically the only displays it could not work with were legacy Apple ones, go figure... So I waited, and waited, and now... Hmmm...

I have to ask if Apple had simply upgraded the 27" Cinema to 4K Thunderbolt with USB3 and a 5K/8K option perhaps even larger with TB3, such might have been both cost and zeitgeist competitive... Maybe soon, or has Apple abandoned the 'monitor' entirely in favour of AR and a virtual display future...?

Why would the legacy Apple displays not work with it?

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BittySon 8 Years · 75 comments

bobolicious said: ...well I bought a MBP and ironically the only displays it could not work with were legacy Apple ones, go figure... So I waited, and waited, and now... Hmmm... I have to ask if Apple had simply upgraded the 27" Cinema to 4K Thunderbolt with USB3 and a 5K/8K option perhaps even larger with TB3, such might have been both cost and zeitgeist competitive... Maybe soon, or has Apple abandoned the 'monitor' entirely in favour of AR and a virtual display future...? Fastasleep said: Why would the legacy Apple displays not work with it? ---- Well, find me a device that lets me plug the male miniDisplayport cable coming out of my perfectly good Apple 24 in LED Cinema Display into my USB-C/TB3 2016 MBP.

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macxpress 16 Years · 5915 comments

appex said:
Apple should make a brand new Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gbps) display 24-inch with USB 3.1 Type-C (reversible) Generation 2 (10 Gbps). Besides brand new Mac Pro and Mac mini. The All-in-One iMac is a waste and Earth aggression computers may last seven years, but displays last more than 20.

And 3/100 would buy it. Its not worth Apple's time and money to put any effort into something very little will buy.