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Four ports is not enough. If you plug in three displays and a charger, they're all taken already. At the very least a fifth port for a usb hub, or a usb hub int

Four ports is not enough. If you plug in three displays and a charger, they're all taken already. At the very least a fifth port for a usb hub, or a usb hub integrated into the charger, should have been included.

stephenr 10y ago
You expect to have four usb-c/tb3 displays, but none of them to provide power to your laptop? If you want a hub, plug in a usb-c hub that provides power and it will power the laptop. Do people even read about how things work before they make up crazy scenarios to justify their outrage?
pg_is_a_butt 10y ago
i know, right? i already plugged in 4 keyboards... WHY AREN'T THERE MORE PORTS?!
purerandomness 10y ago
If you plug in three displays, why would you get a portable laptop in the first place?
- hatchoo 10y ago
  Because one may occasionally needs to also bring it out? You have the option of "docking" a portable but you will never be able to conveniently lug along something like a desktop unless you carry some display device along with it.
mikestew 10y ago
If you plug in three displays and a charger... ...then you're the kind of person that has no problem plugging all of that stuff into a hub so that you only have one cable to connect. It's a made-up problem with an easy solution that is arguably the only correct solution. If Apple put five ports on there, I suspect your imaginary scenario would then involve four displays.
- thescriptkiddie 10y ago
  You can't plug USB type C displays into hubs, they need to be connected directly. A display with a built in hub (like the thunderbolt display) is possible but doesn't yet exist. My imaginary scenario doesn't involve 4 external displays because the Intel chipset in the macbook can only drive 4 displays total, including the internal one.
fatbird 10y ago
Just to add to the pile-on, displays are the new hubs. If you're plugging into even 1, you can get a whole range of ports available again.
takeda 10y ago
With issues like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVjIjBMx6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVjIjBMx6o I'm having doubts if the new mac book can even handle 3 displays.
bartvk 10y ago
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204154 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204154 It says use Thunderbolt, and you can daisy-chain a display. Thus, with 1 port you can connect two Thunderbolt displays. It also says it doesn't support more than two displays in any case.

stephenr 10y ago

You expect to have four usb-c/tb3 displays, but none of them to provide power to your laptop? If you want a hub, plug in a usb-c hub that provides power and it will power the laptop. Do people even read about how things work before they make up crazy scenarios to justify their outrage?

pg_is_a_butt 10y ago

i know, right? i already plugged in 4 keyboards... WHY AREN'T THERE MORE PORTS?!

purerandomness 10y ago

If you plug in three displays, why would you get a portable laptop in the first place?

hatchoo 10y ago
Because one may occasionally needs to also bring it out? You have the option of "docking" a portable but you will never be able to conveniently lug along something like a desktop unless you carry some display device along with it.

mikestew 10y ago

If you plug in three displays and a charger... ...then you're the kind of person that has no problem plugging all of that stuff into a hub so that you only have one cable to connect. It's a made-up problem with an easy solution that is arguably the only correct solution. If Apple put five ports on there, I suspect your imaginary scenario would then involve four displays.

thescriptkiddie 10y ago
You can't plug USB type C displays into hubs, they need to be connected directly. A display with a built in hub (like the thunderbolt display) is possible but doesn't yet exist. My imaginary scenario doesn't involve 4 external displays because the Intel chipset in the macbook can only drive 4 displays total, including the internal one.

fatbird 10y ago

Just to add to the pile-on, displays are the new hubs. If you're plugging into even 1, you can get a whole range of ports available again.

takeda 10y ago

With issues like these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVjIjBMx6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVjIjBMx6o I'm having doubts if the new mac book can even handle 3 displays.

bartvk 10y ago

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204154 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204154 It says use Thunderbolt, and you can daisy-chain a display. Thus, with 1 port you can connect two Thunderbolt displays. It also says it doesn't support more than two displays in any case.