2017 Best Monitor For Mac
I've heard Apple will be going back to making their own monitor slated for next year, probably around the same time the modular Mac Pro comes out. Might be a long wait, who knows, so right now the 27' LG monitor is probably your best bet - but make sure you avoid the 21.5' version, while it has 4 USB-C ports, 3 of them are at USB 2.0 speeds, which is ridiculous.
Hardly anybody understands that USB-C =/= USB3 or Thunderbolt, so I've had a lot of misinformation from people in the Apple Store about that sort of thing. Video cards for mac pro 1 1. The USB-C connection seems to solve a lot of problems, but it brings in a fuckload of fragmentation too. It becomes confusing when you can't tell what devices will work at what speeds just based on the connector. Does this plug do displayport, thunderbolt 3, usb 3.2? What mode will it work in with a given device? The cables add more confusion because some cables with USB-C connectors on both end won't work for Thunderbolt 3 and some won't work for USB 3 and some won't handle power delivery for charging laptops, etc. With previous USB standards there was generally well-defined fallback modes for hosts and devices but there are cases with USB-C/Thunderbolt3 devices where they just won't work at all with some combinations of host/cable/device.
So I use a display port to type-c adaptor into my MacBook. I tried to piggyback it on to my dock but it didn't have the juice, captain. I will definitely do an EtreCheck. As soon as you tell me what it is. This is my first Apple computer since a Macintosh Performa in the 90's. I do tech support for a living and am a quick learner, so tell me what I have to do.
EDIT: my dock has an HDMI port, so I can test my monitor with that if you'd like. From what I've read, display port is better due to higher Hertz. Not sure though - Mac Rookie. And I should also add that I have a second 4k monitor plugged in as well. Thanks for responding EtreCheck is a software that was developed by an active user on the Apple Mac Forums. He developed it so that people could provide scans of their system when they were looking for some help.
It doesnt scan anything private - it just looks at CPU/Ram usage, peripherals that are connected, and gives an overall summary of how your mac is performing. Just google EtreCheck, itll be the first link - no viruses/adware/malware etc. So, i have a 2017 nTB 16gb/256gb and I connect it to a 1080p external. Often times, my MBP will get super laggy - out of no where.
I could be doing the same thing all day (studying with PowerPoint lectures and whatnot), and 6 hours in I'll get hit with this lag spike thatll make everything feel choppy. All the animations feel horrible and its super slow. Activity monitor and EtreCheck would show 40%+ CPU usage of kernel task.
Dear DN, I want to buy the best monitor for my new Macbook Pro 13' 2017 (physical F1-F12 keys) and I've been thinking in the Ultrafine LG 5k (because of the retina), but aside from the failure reports, I don't know if any of you had the chance to use it for work. Best USB-C Monitors for the 2017 MacBook and MacBook Pro Aug 9, 2017 AaronStuart No Comments USB-C is the future and a USB-C monitor is perfect for your MacBook. Dsd software for mac.
And its really irritating. I've done NVRAM/SMC resets, reformatted - nothings fixed it. Wow, so this tool is pretty cool. I actually think it helped me notice something. Is it only pushing 1080p per monitor?