Plus, Apple doesn’t really hate HDMI anyway just look at the new Mac mini– it has HDMI. Most assume HDMI is simple and easy to use, which it is, but DisplayPort is actually a better solution – that also supports analog signals and audio – and is completely open source, unlike HDMI which requires a license to use it on your hardware. You might think that Apple’s decision to NOT include HDMI on most of its MacBooks is done from a position of cruelty and disdain for its users. Apple’s newer 13in MacBook Pro does not support HDMI, though, so you’re back to using your trusty old mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. So, if you want a MacBook with HDMI, you basically have three options: 1) an ancient 2012 15in MacBook Pro, 2) the 14in 2021 MacBook Pro, and 3) the 16in MacBook Pro (2021). Curiously, these MacBook Pro models used HDMI 2.0, not the newer 2.1 standard, but at least it showed that Apple, on occasion, does listen to its users. But this model was the outlier nearly all MacBooks released before it, and those that came after did not, forcing users to use mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters.īack in 2021, Apple introduced its new M1-powered MacBook Pro lineup, comprising the 14in and 16in MacBook Pro models, and these, again, to everybody’s surprise, featured HDMI ports. Back in 2012, Apple launched the 15in MacBook Pro with Retina Display, and, much to everybody’s surprise, this computer shipped with an HDMI port. Not all MacBooks omitted the common HDMI port, though. Apple decided it didn’t like it, and you had to deal with it – nothing new for long-standing Apple users.

Nearly all of Apple’s MacBooks released to date simply did not support the technology.

If you’ve owned a MacBook at any point during the past decade, chances are it DID NOT come with an HDMI port. And it isn’t fond of HDMI or USB Type C, for that matter, according to some users online. It hates headphone jacks (and is the sole reason why your phone no longer ships with one). Like a kid with OCD, Apple has many, many issues with many, many things that most laptop (and phone) users take for granted. Which MacBooks have HDMI? It’s a simple enough question but as is often the case with Apple, the answer is a little more nuanced…

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