Certainly there are differences between HDMI and Thunderbolt, but for your purposes, that doesn't matter and in fact there's a clear benefit to using HDMI, namely, it frees up a Thunderbolt/USB port. Which you most certainly want to do, if all you intend to do is attach a monitor.
Of course, we don't know what you're intent on purchasing, but we suppose that if your monitor has downstream USB or Thunderbolt ports that you intend to use, probably you will already be aware that Thunderbolt is the only option available. But if, as I suspect, you're just aiming for visual output, then HDMI is clearly the better option. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C27F023B-6BB5-4B81-BA08-E19E429F74FD%40me.com.
