MacBook Pro 14 inch and UBS-C monitors: doubt

[7422736m]

Hi all!
I just ordered a new MacBook Pro 14 inch base model, which is provided with the 67 W charger.
I will be buying a monitor to hook it up while working in the office, probably an LG Ultrafine Ergo 32 inch 4K, which provides USB-C power up to 60W.
I wonder if the monitor will be able to power the MBP plugging simply the USB-C cable, since the original charger provides extra 7 W.
Do any of you by anuy chance have one of these monitors, or a similar one that provides 60W via USB-C to try?

Hope I can calrify this so I can decide what monitor I'll be buying.

 

[thatsthequy]

I have that exact setup and it charges the laptop just fine.

Worst case if you were absolutely hammering the laptop full-blast with tasks you could plug in the MagSafe charger with the original 67W adapter while docked to the monitor.

 

[7422736m]

I have that exact setup and it charges the laptop just fine.

Worst case if you were absolutely hammering the laptop full-blast with tasks you could plug in the MagSafe charger with the original 67W adapter while docked to the monitor.

Do you have the MBP 14 inch base model and the LG UltraFine Ergo 32UN880?
Well, I'll be using it most of the time with not that crunching tasks.
What's your opinion about the monitor?
Are color saturation, accuracy and brightness good enough to pair it with the MBP?
How sturdy is the arm?

 

[Krevnik]

Power Requirements for charging 14” MacBook Pro

thank you.

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[thatsthequy]

Do you have the MBP 14 inch base model and the LG UltraFine Ergo 32UN880?
Well, I'll be using it most of the time with not that crunching tasks.
What's your opinion about the monitor?
Are color saturation, accuracy and brightness good enough to pair it with the MBP?
How sturdy is the arm?

Yes. I have a 2021 14" MacBook Pro 8/14c 16GB 512GB Silver and a LG 32UN880-B monitor. The notebook connects via a USB-C cable, and I have a 512GB T7 SSD connected to one of the USB-A ports on the back of the monitor for expanded storage and Time Machine. Wireless Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse.

I love this monitor. I use it with scaling that matches the resolution of the Pro Display XDR. I have set the monitor to the DCI-P3 colour profile which makes colours indistinguishable from what I am used to on the built-in MacBook displays. I do not use the HDR profile as the colours aren't nearly as accurate for me in that mode, at least with a Mac connected. (I use HDR with my connected PS5 though, and the colours are better and the brightness is glorious for gaming)

Arm is very sturdy, no wobble when typing. Probably helps that I have a fairly sturdy desk as well.

 

[7422736m]

That's exactly the same MBP model I ordered, even the color.
Do you use the magic keyboard and maggico mouse/trackpad? If so, which color? The silver ones?

 

[Andropov]

Hi all!
I just ordered a new MacBook Pro 14 inch base model, which is provided with the 67 W charger.
I will be buying a monitor to hook it up while working in the office, probably an LG Ultrafine Ergo 32 inch 4K, which provides USB-C power up to 60W.
I wonder if the monitor will be able to power the MBP plugging simply the USB-C cable, since the original charger provides extra 7 W.
Do any of you by anuy chance have one of these monitors, or a similar one that provides 60W via USB-C to try?

Hope I can calrify this so I can decide what monitor I'll be buying.

Chargers with less wattage can still charge the MacBooks, albeit slowly. The only problem is if you're running CPU+GPU intensive applications while charging, which can cause it to charge too slowly or even drain some battery. But 7W won't make a difference.

I've used the 13" MacBook Pro (61W charger) with the iPad Pro charger (20W) in a pinch and while at some points it was draining the battery (compiling in Xcode), it extended the battery enough to last me all morning. And this was with a charger that was just 1/3 of the original charger.

I'm also charging my MBP (146W) with the USB-C port of my Ultrafine 4K (85W) and it charges normally, zero draining.

 

[7422736m]

Chargers with less wattage can still charge the MacBooks, albeit slowly. The only problem is if you're running CPU+GPU intensive applications while charging, which can cause it to charge too slowly or even drain some battery. But 7W won't make a difference.

I've used the 13" MacBook Pro (61W charger) with the iPad Pro charger (20W) in a pinch and while at some points it was draining the battery (compiling in Xcode), it extended the battery enough to last me all morning. And this was with a charger that was just 1/3 of the original charger.

I'm also charging my MBP (146W) with the USB-C port of my Ultrafine 4K (85W) and it charges normally, zero draining.

Which particular monitor model is yours?

 

[Vermifuge]

Hi all!
I just ordered a new MacBook Pro 14 inch base model, which is provided with the 67 W charger.
I will be buying a monitor to hook it up while working in the office, probably an LG Ultrafine Ergo 32 inch 4K, which provides USB-C power up to 60W.
I wonder if the monitor will be able to power the MBP plugging simply the USB-C cable, since the original charger provides extra 7 W.
Do any of you by anuy chance have one of these monitors, or a similar one that provides 60W via USB-C to try?

Hope I can calrify this so I can decide what monitor I'll be buying.

Do you have the MBP 14 inch base model and the LG UltraFine Ergo 32UN880?
Well, I'll be using it most of the time with not that crunching tasks.
What's your opinion about the monitor?
Are color saturation, accuracy and brightness good enough to pair it with the MBP?
How sturdy is the arm?

I have dual LG Ultrafine Ergo 32 inch 4K displays in my setup. I ordered the 16" Max and although i will likely use the wall charger I suspect the 60w PD will be good enough for casual internet, music, video watching.

Yeah exactaly this one. the 32UN880.

 

[Andropov]

Which particular monitor model is yours?

The one Apple sells, the 24" Ultrafine 4K 24MD4KL

 

[AdonisSMU]

Hi all!
I just ordered a new MacBook Pro 14 inch base model, which is provided with the 67 W charger.
I will be buying a monitor to hook it up while working in the office, probably an LG Ultrafine Ergo 32 inch 4K, which provides USB-C power up to 60W.
I wonder if the monitor will be able to power the MBP plugging simply the USB-C cable, since the original charger provides extra 7 W.
Do any of you by anuy chance have one of these monitors, or a similar one that provides 60W via USB-C to try?

Hope I can calrify this so I can decide what monitor I'll be buying.

Yes. I have an LG usbc monitor and youll be just fine with it. It charges and all.

 

[thatsthequy]

That's exactly the same MBP model I ordered, even the color.
Do you use the magic keyboard and maggico mouse/trackpad? If so, which color? The silver ones?

I have the discontinued space grey Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad and Magic Mouse

I have thought about changing to the new one with Touch ID but it isn't worth the cash for me to swap it just yet, plus the space grey blends into my black mouse/keyboard pad quite nicely.

 

[7422736m]

I have the discontinued space grey Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad and Magic Mouse

I have thought about changing to the new one with Touch ID but it isn't worth the cash for me to swap it just yet, plus the space grey blends into my black mouse/keyboard pad quite nicely.

I'll be buying the new Magic Jeyboard and TrackPad.
I considered getting the space gray ones, but since I opted for the silver MBP 14 inch (I think silver is a classic, and aside from that, I believe it ages way better than the space gary, that may discolor a bit in certain contact pints with the hands and wrists).
Regarding the monitor, I am in the fence between this and the LG Ultrafine 5K (made specially for Macs), but I honestly don't know if the price difference is worth the image quality difference.

 

[thatsthequy]

I'll be buying the new Magic Jeyboard and TrackPad.
I considered getting the space gray ones, but since I opted for the silver MBP 14 inch (I think silver is a classic, and aside from that, I believe it ages way better than the space gary, that may discolor a bit in certain contact pints with the hands and wrists).
Regarding the monitor, I am in the fence between this and the LG Ultrafine 5K (made specially for Macs), but I honestly don't know if the price difference is worth the image quality difference.

I've had a 27" monitor in the past, and I will gladly take the 32" over it any day.

 

[Vermifuge]

I've had a 27" monitor in the past, and I will gladly take the 32" over it any day.

there ate times i feel i should have went with dial 27 and not 32... They take up a lot of room

 

[7422736m]

I've had a 27" monitor in the past, and I will gladly take the 32" over it the 27 inch 5k, being a 5k retina class display that integrates effortless with the ma

32 has a bit more real estate. But won't the 5k uktrafine, being a retina class display be a better choice, even though a bit smaller in size?
Regarding color reproduction and resolution, I mean.

 

[thatsthequy]

Those are small hills to die on to get a smaller and significantly more expensive display. 32” at 4K is plenty sharp, but yes you will be running a scaled display resolution.

 

[7422736m]

Just one other question: what is the cable to use to connect a MacBook Pro to this 32UN880?
Is it the USB-C cable provided with the monitor? Or does it have to be a thunderbolt one?

 

[thatsthequy]

I bought a Thunderbolt cable since I wanted a longer one than the USB-C cable that comes included with the monitor. Completely unnecessary though.