Analog VGA has been around for more than 20 years, and at this age it’s no surprise that a group of consumer electronics titans have declared dropping support for VGA by 2015. Among the crowd is AMD, Intel, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung and LG. Reason given is that the legacy port is outshined by current technology’s increased energy efficiency, smaller size, and support for higher-resolutions. Well, all the better right?

AMD plans to lead the charge by starting the VGA removal process in 2013 and even intends to go the extra mile by stripping DVI-I and low voltage differential signalling technology (LVDS) support too. It’s good to know that AMD is hard supporting more cutting edge standards like Displayport 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a, which I fully support. But Apple would probably be pondering what took them so long.

SOURCE via Electronista