I'm rarely ever the one to give Apple any credit for doing the right thing. In this case though I can imagine that it was a good technical decision. Being still more of a business machine than gaming a 4k 60Hz seems reasonable for now. If necessary Thunderbolt/USB-C ports can be used. What it means though is that the bandwidth/power usage of the HDMI port is better bounded.
I posted about this a few days ago from Ars but it never gained traction. Not sure how this one is on the second page.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28922638" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28922638</a><p>Anyway I’ve had issues with DVI support 1.2 support and recent versions of MacOS. A monitor that previously worked for a year stopped working until I downgraded it to a lower DVI version.<p>Maybe someone has had a similar experience with HDMI and MacOS limitations.
My 2015 MBP will output 4K/60Hz through its native HDMI port as well. ;)<p>That said I understand the concessions here, the comments indicate the HDMI port is likely sharing a lane with the SD card reader. You can still get higher resolutions and refresh via the other ports. Although I won't be buying one of these machines for a long time, it's still nice to see the ports make a return.