Sam Byford
On The Verge since Nov 07, 2011
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About Sam Byford
I run The Verge's overnight and/or Asia happenings from Tokyo. I like photography, cats, VR, electronic music, bears, video games, Terrace House, coffee, and ramen.
Sam Byford
On The Verge since Nov 07, 2011
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Here’s information you should probably bear in mind before taking in the following release details, but just in case it’s not a dealbreaker here you go.
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Officially it’s Mac-only. Even if it did work you wouldn’t have any way to control brightness etc.
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Thanks, you’re right. Fixed.
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Yeah, like I say it’ll run at 60Hz. I think the whole reason the 4K model doesn’t use Thunderbolt 3 is so it can be used with the MacBook, so it’s useful to see how it works with the least powerful model.
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Just works that way out of the box.
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You definitely can’t use the 5K. Some combination of DisplayPort adapters could possibly work with the 4K, but it isn’t officially supported.
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Well, smaller than the iMac at least.
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As far as I’m concerned the MacBook Air screen has been basically unusable for several years, though more because of the TN panel than the resolution.
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The point is that this is what my desk actually looks like. If the photo bothers you, the product will too unless you find more attractive cables or adapters. Which I will maybe get around to later, but maybe not!
It’s not my job to present products as some sort of hypothetical ideal. I wanted to show what it looked like in real, right-now use.
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These are X-T1 RAW files processed in Lightroom with VSCO film; I don’t usually do that but wanted to give these shots a nostalgic edge.
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The resolution isn’t even the biggest problem with the Air’s display. It’s a TN panel with really bad colour reproduction — I’d never edit photos on one.
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