Infuriating. I bought a $2000 dollar piece of garbage (macbook pro 14 M1) that does not allow me to do my job. The school I work in is underfunded and a bit out of date. All rooms have EPSON projectors, but with VGA connectors. I bought an HDMI to VGA adapter, but all I get is a flickering macbook screen and nothing else. Projector use is critical to my job and I look like an ***** Apple user when everyone else with a $500 laptop can use the projectors. This problem is a huge let down. An even bigger concern is after looking through this forum, no responses form @apple, just a bunch of people floundering around trying to get their expensive equipment to do the most basic functions. Ridiculous.