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Cost perhaps? I don't know about the pricing differential between the two, but that's the simplest answer. Also, if this is for an educational market, another

Cost perhaps? I don't know about the pricing differential between the two, but that's the simplest answer. Also, if this is for an educational market, another answer might be simplicity. Kids and teachers and parents likely didn't want to have to shell out multiple times for lost dongles.

Ajedi32 10y ago
The surface laptop starts at $999; I'd be really surprised if they couldn't fit in a USB-C port at that price point. Also the article isn't arguing that the laptop shouldn't have any USB-A ports, just that the charging cable should be USB-C rather than a proprietary cable.
ropiku 10y ago
I'm thinking the cost for not including Thunderbolt 3 (needs a chip, more power, etc.) but not for missing USB-C.
- ghostly_s 10y ago
  Don't Intel's latest chips have a couple TB3 busses included?
douche 10y ago
> Also, if this is for an educational market Break-away magnetic charger connections are huge if you're going to be issuing them to students. There goes a big chunk of your out-of-commission broken laptops, because somebody tripped over the cord.
maxxxxx 10y ago
This is a pretty expensive laptop so I don't think price should be an issues here
- ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  FWIW, it's a pretty expensive laptop, and they still put a free version of Windows 10 on it rather than the full version. (Barring the temporary free upgrade promotion.)
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yellow_postit 10y ago
I don't think anyone wants to shell out for multiple dongles. I've got the latest mbp and it's a huge regression in experience having to carrying around so many dongles. I thought it would be manageable but it's a pita.
- ashark 10y ago
  The dongle and does-this-monitor-work-oh-wait-I-need-a-differet-cable-huh-that-didn't-help-either-guess-I'll-switch-monitors situation with the new MBPs at our office has been much worse than I expected, and I expected it to be pretty bad. Having to go back to the bad old days of researching all kinds of cables and adapters and monitors and crap to figure out whether some combination of them will maybe do what we need them to is a giant step backwards. Doing anything with the new MBPs and external hardware starts with a frustrating dongle/cable search, as well. The benefits of USBC are, so far, non-existent—it has been an entirely negative experience.

Ajedi32 10y ago

The surface laptop starts at $999; I'd be really surprised if they couldn't fit in a USB-C port at that price point. Also the article isn't arguing that the laptop shouldn't have any USB-A ports, just that the charging cable should be USB-C rather than a proprietary cable.

ropiku 10y ago

I'm thinking the cost for not including Thunderbolt 3 (needs a chip, more power, etc.) but not for missing USB-C.

ghostly_s 10y ago
Don't Intel's latest chips have a couple TB3 busses included?

douche 10y ago

> Also, if this is for an educational market Break-away magnetic charger connections are huge if you're going to be issuing them to students. There goes a big chunk of your out-of-commission broken laptops, because somebody tripped over the cord.

maxxxxx 10y ago

This is a pretty expensive laptop so I don't think price should be an issues here

ocdtrekkie 10y ago
FWIW, it's a pretty expensive laptop, and they still put a free version of Windows 10 on it rather than the full version. (Barring the temporary free upgrade promotion.)

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yellow_postit 10y ago

I don't think anyone wants to shell out for multiple dongles. I've got the latest mbp and it's a huge regression in experience having to carrying around so many dongles. I thought it would be manageable but it's a pita.

ashark 10y ago
The dongle and does-this-monitor-work-oh-wait-I-need-a-differet-cable-huh-that-didn't-help-either-guess-I'll-switch-monitors situation with the new MBPs at our office has been much worse than I expected, and I expected it to be pretty bad. Having to go back to the bad old days of researching all kinds of cables and adapters and monitors and crap to figure out whether some combination of them will maybe do what we need them to is a giant step backwards. Doing anything with the new MBPs and external hardware starts with a frustrating dongle/cable search, as well. The benefits of USBC are, so far, non-existent—it has been an entirely negative experience.