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2016-06-03, 10:39

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Originally Posted by Frank777 View Post
I simply don't get why Apple would double the price of the TB Display, when they could sell the Display and the Dock (containing the GPU and HD) separately.

Yes, putting everything inside one box would be more elegant, but it ups the price significantly.

The person at Apple who insisted on such radical simplicity has been been dead for almost five years.
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Originally Posted by Frank777 View Post
Meaning future models right? Because the current, upgraded 12" MacBook still doesn't have Thunderbolt 3.
I believe the entire point is that putting an eGPU in the display would negate the need for new IO and would work over Thunderbolt 2, and possibly Thunderbolt.

Even Thunderbolt 3 does not support DisplayPort 1.3 (which has 5K support) so that wouldn't matter.
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