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Or you could just plug in to the office HDMI projector with an USB-C to HDMI cable. ZERO adapters needed :) I can't tell if the people who are opposed to adapters expect every laptop to have an HDMI port, or if they use "something that isn't USB-C" to HDMI cables.

If it's the latter, the argument is moot vs USB-C, and if it's the former I just personally don't miss the HDMI port in earlier MBPs. Mostly because I would have to use a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI to get 4K@60Hz - the HDMI port in the latest pre USB-C Macbook Pro only support 4K@30hz.

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If the projector is mounted overhead then you are left with a bundle of plugs, likely none of which USB-C.

The situation with display connectors is particularly sad even without USB-C, as we went quickly from still largely VGA and maybe DVI a few years ago to HDMI/DP/mini-DP co-existing, and now USB-C in the mix. I just recently had to buy a USB-C to DP cable even though my work laptop has HDMI and I've been using it fine, becaues this particular monitor does not support anything bigger than 1920x1080@60 over HDMI, and DP is only offered via USB-C on the laptop side. How often do you see this particular combination being required a year ago? But here we are, dealing with a quasi-N^2 problem.

>If the projector is mounted overhead then you are left with a bundle of plugs, likely none of which USB-C.

It's enough that one of them is a female HDMI.

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> If the projector is mounted overhead then you are left with a bundle of plugs, likely none of which USB-C.

If an employer buys USB-C only laptops for employees I'd consider it very likely, not to mention smart, if there was a USB-C plug in the bundle.

I understand, but don't share, your bitterness over USB-C as a display interface, particularly since you can use it for so many other things even when it's obsolete for that purpose.

In the context we're debating (e.g. compatibility/convenience problems related to recent MBPs) it's also much simpler than the scenario you're portraying. In that case, the other end of the connection is the only variable as there's only one connector type, but fortunately USB-C/TB3 supports all the others :)

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