why VGA?

[sculptor]

desktop computer to run 2 monitors
2 connections
hdmi and vga
why is vga still used?
?

 

[billvon]

why is vga still used?

Legacy hardware.

 

[sculptor]

Legacy hardware.

ok
so
It seems that hdmi transfers more data faster
true?
if so then................................................................?

 

[DaveC426913]

if so then................................................................?

Despite having a question mark, that is not a question.

Reread post 2.

 

[billvon]

ok
so
It seems that hdmi transfers more data faster
true?
if so then?

OK let's try it this way.

You go to a company to make a big presentation. Your laptop only has an HDMI port. You go to connect to their big screen in the meeting room. It has a VGA cable. So you ....................................................?

 

[DaveC426913]

You go to a company to make a big presentation. Your laptop only has an HDMI port. You go to connect to their big screen in the meeting room. It has a VGA cable. So you ....................................................?

Happens all the time.

 

[billvon]

Happens all the time.

Yep. I carry a USB-C to VGA adapter for that purpose. For a while I had a big laptop with a VGA and HDMI output; was very convenient. But eventually it got too slow to run things like Zoom and Teams.

 

[DaveC426913]

Yep. I carry a USB-C to VGA adapter for that purpose. For a while I had a big laptop with a VGA and HDMI output; was very convenient. But eventually it got too slow to run things like Zoom and Teams.

Have a projector that only has VGA connection.

 

[Stryder]

Most OS's have a "Safemode" where the most basic necessities occur for operation usually for debugging, VGA is likely legacy for such things since is "less complex" and was used for terminal connectors in server farms.