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> High-end monitors have been thunderbolt for a while now. How "high end" do we need to go before this is true? My old 32"/4K/60Hz BenQ EW3270U certainly does,
by Nursie 4y ago
> High-end monitors have been thunderbolt for a while now.
How "high end" do we need to go before this is true? My old 32"/4K/60Hz BenQ EW3270U certainly does, but my much newer 32"/4K/144Hz Dell G3223Q[1] doesn't for whatever reason, it's certainly not ubiquitous.
> the main point is that it's something you can leave on your desk with all your desk stuff plugged into it.
Yes, and such a device would be better with a more varied array of connectors. That's what it's for!
I understand premium laptops dropping ports to maintain their looks, and be thin and light, portable and sleek. As an M1 Air owner, I am totally down with that. But then a dock that itself needs more adapters to connect to extremely common interfaces ... that's not a good dock or a 'premium' selling point.
([1] approx 1100USD when it launched last year, I know that's hardly the peak of high-end but it's hardly cheap either)
- CobaltFire 4y agoAnother G3223Q user in the wild! On topic I was kind of put off by no USB-C, but a simple adapter cable from some Amazon brand works perfect on both a DELL laptop and my MBP M1. This monitor is amazing for the money though. I paid $400 + tax + shipping during Black Friday and it was an absolute STEAL.
- Nursie 4y agoYeah, I ended up paying around $850 (AUD) at around the same time, I agree it's a steal at that price! Great screen. I really should do some more gaming on it but it works great for office use too. I was surprised that there was no usb-c when it arrived too! I have a Dell D6000 dock for my M1 Air that's got some sort of DisplayLink hardware built in, so I get the ports and with Displaylink Manager installed it can drive however many screens you like. The only issue there is streaming services refuse to work (I don't think the dock does HDCP). But that's fine...