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Great! Now all they need to do is bring back MagSafe and 2 USB ports and all will be well again

by forgingahead 7y ago

megablast 7y ago
> and 2 USB ports and all will be well again The pro has 4 usb ports.
- mschuster91 7y ago
  GP means real USB ports not the horror that is USB-C
  - thiht 7y ago
    What's wrong with usb c ?
    - mschuster91 7y ago
      Most stuff people use USB for still have the good old USB-A adapters: mice, keyboards, USB sticks/other drives, card readers, LTE dongles. The things that actually need the massive speed benefits from USB-C (10G network adapters and PCIe enclosures) can have USB-C, fine with me, but please don't force users to buy and especially lose adapters just to be able to use their existing stuff. And no need to make shit ever more expensive and complex, a mouse won't ever need anything from USB-C.
      - thiht 7y ago
        So nothing's wrong with USB-C. The problem is the lack of USB-A.
      - iSnow 7y ago
        I have a hard time understanding people that just keep complaining about the new USB-C ports instead of just buying a handful of those (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CVX3516 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CVX3516) and permanently attaching them to the mouse/keyboard cables.
    - skohan 7y ago
      I've been gradually moving over to all USB-C peripherals, and the experience is great. It's an ergonomic connector, and it's nice not to have a bunch of separate subtypes for different applications (normal, micro, that weird long one etc.). The main problem has been lack of support for USB-C in peripheral manufacturers. For instance, in the last couple years I purchased a high-end E-Reader and a pair of noise-canceling headphones, and neither of them had USB-C as an option (the headphones do as of the most recent iteraation, but oh well). Also it's impossible to find a Thunderbolt over USB-C external SSD which has a small form-factor and isn't obscenely expensive. I'm ready to move into the USB-C-only future, but the ecosystem still isn't quite there yet.

Great! Now all they need to do is bring back MagSafe and 2 USB ports and all will be well again

megablast 7y ago

> and 2 USB ports and all will be well again The pro has 4 usb ports.

mschuster91 7y ago
GP means real USB ports not the horror that is USB-C
- thiht 7y ago
  What's wrong with usb c ?
  - mschuster91 7y ago
    Most stuff people use USB for still have the good old USB-A adapters: mice, keyboards, USB sticks/other drives, card readers, LTE dongles. The things that actually need the massive speed benefits from USB-C (10G network adapters and PCIe enclosures) can have USB-C, fine with me, but please don't force users to buy and especially lose adapters just to be able to use their existing stuff. And no need to make shit ever more expensive and complex, a mouse won't ever need anything from USB-C.
    - thiht 7y ago
      So nothing's wrong with USB-C. The problem is the lack of USB-A.
    - iSnow 7y ago
      I have a hard time understanding people that just keep complaining about the new USB-C ports instead of just buying a handful of those (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CVX3516 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CVX3516) and permanently attaching them to the mouse/keyboard cables.
  - skohan 7y ago
    I've been gradually moving over to all USB-C peripherals, and the experience is great. It's an ergonomic connector, and it's nice not to have a bunch of separate subtypes for different applications (normal, micro, that weird long one etc.). The main problem has been lack of support for USB-C in peripheral manufacturers. For instance, in the last couple years I purchased a high-end E-Reader and a pair of noise-canceling headphones, and neither of them had USB-C as an option (the headphones do as of the most recent iteraation, but oh well). Also it's impossible to find a Thunderbolt over USB-C external SSD which has a small form-factor and isn't obscenely expensive. I'm ready to move into the USB-C-only future, but the ecosystem still isn't quite there yet.