As someone who presents a lot, primarily at events. It's nice to have HDMI built in given that HDMI is the standard for projector connectors and I expect it to be so for a long time. (VGA stuck around forever.)
Even without presenting a lot, being able to impromptu throw my screen up onto whatever random TV/projector is around via HDMI has come in handy surprisingly often on my 2013 MBP. If I had been limited to DisplayPort, I would’ve been able to do that <5% of the time.
True. At a conference, I should have all my dongles with me. But I don't in a random conference room--not that I've spent much time in my local office for years.
