Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it’s been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior

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      Woman came to give a presentation at work without an hdmi port in her laptop.

      Was dumbfounded at lack of ports. Thought only apple was this closed but it was a cheapo windows

      • USB-C does video as well as any HDMI port does, plus it can be used for other stuff when you’re not presenting.

        That said, beamers still use VGA plugs so I doubt we’ll see USB-C video appear on the big screen any time soon. Luckily dongles are cheap and any company worth their salt can buy a bunch of them for every beamer setup they have.

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          Was first time it happened to us.

          Will definitely be ordering adapters, can’t believe didn’t know about the usefulness of usbc.

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        I have several laptops that use USB-C to HDMI cables to connect. They work fine and the port on the PC is much smaller.