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You are missing out if you don't have 4 USB-C ports in both sides of your laptop. You can charge your laptop and connect a display with a single cable and witho

You are missing out if you don't have 4 USB-C ports in both sides of your laptop. You can charge your laptop and connect a display with a single cable and without caring about putting the computer in the right direction.

egypturnash 6y ago
My 2017 13” Pro (no touch at) has two USBC ports, both on the same side. It is annoying. Especially after it turned out there is a design flaw in the 2017 Pros where charging on one side tends to trash your battery - guess which side both ports are on? It’s nice to only have to plug in one cable when I dock it at my desk but I would have greatly preferred not having to replace the battery twice in the three years I owned it due to this. Especially since only one replacement was covered under the warranty thanks to the ‘rona shutting down all the authorized service centers in my city.
rplnt 6y ago
Yeah, but the new MB Pro is a joke, again. > And it features two Thunderbolt ports with USB 4 support to connect to more peripherals than ever,
AlexandrB 6y ago
But I can't get photos off of an SD card without a dongle, and if I trip on the power cord: bye, bye laptop. It's all relative I guess.
cactus2093 6y ago
Looks like the just announced 13" MBP only has 2 usb-c/thunderbolt ports and they're both on the same side. Never occurred to me they would go backwards on this, I bet this is one of those overlooked details that will get a lot of notice once people actually start receiving these new laptops.
- brandonmenc 6y ago
  There are two models of 13" MBP - based on the other specs of this new machine, it occupies the lower tier - which in the Intel models also only has two ports. Presumably, when they fill the higher tier with the new chip it will also have more RAM and more USB ports.
Sodman 6y ago
Overall I have positive feelings about my 2019 16" Macbook pro, and USB-C on both sides is definitely part of that... However I have yet to find a decent adapter that will both charge my laptop and output 4k @ 60FPS. I've gone through several iterations now and the closest I've come is a monitor that can connect via USB-C directly, but even then the power output only outputs enough juice when the machine is near-idle... I'm looking forward to the day when I can have a 1 (or even 2) cable dock setup that won't run me $250+. Until that day, I have to use all 4 ports for: - Charger - USB C (4k display) - HDMI (4k Display) - Ethernet
swyx 6y ago
don't MacBook mysteriously run slower if you plug in power on the left side instead of the right? I don't remember the cause but I've personally experienced this handedness issue on my mac

egypturnash 6y ago

My 2017 13” Pro (no touch at) has two USBC ports, both on the same side. It is annoying. Especially after it turned out there is a design flaw in the 2017 Pros where charging on one side tends to trash your battery - guess which side both ports are on? It’s nice to only have to plug in one cable when I dock it at my desk but I would have greatly preferred not having to replace the battery twice in the three years I owned it due to this. Especially since only one replacement was covered under the warranty thanks to the ‘rona shutting down all the authorized service centers in my city.

rplnt 6y ago

Yeah, but the new MB Pro is a joke, again. > And it features two Thunderbolt ports with USB 4 support to connect to more peripherals than ever,

AlexandrB 6y ago

But I can't get photos off of an SD card without a dongle, and if I trip on the power cord: bye, bye laptop. It's all relative I guess.

cactus2093 6y ago

Looks like the just announced 13" MBP only has 2 usb-c/thunderbolt ports and they're both on the same side. Never occurred to me they would go backwards on this, I bet this is one of those overlooked details that will get a lot of notice once people actually start receiving these new laptops.

brandonmenc 6y ago
There are two models of 13" MBP - based on the other specs of this new machine, it occupies the lower tier - which in the Intel models also only has two ports. Presumably, when they fill the higher tier with the new chip it will also have more RAM and more USB ports.

Sodman 6y ago

Overall I have positive feelings about my 2019 16" Macbook pro, and USB-C on both sides is definitely part of that... However I have yet to find a decent adapter that will both charge my laptop and output 4k @ 60FPS. I've gone through several iterations now and the closest I've come is a monitor that can connect via USB-C directly, but even then the power output only outputs enough juice when the machine is near-idle... I'm looking forward to the day when I can have a 1 (or even 2) cable dock setup that won't run me $250+. Until that day, I have to use all 4 ports for: - Charger - USB C (4k display) - HDMI (4k Display) - Ethernet

swyx 6y ago

don't MacBook mysteriously run slower if you plug in power on the left side instead of the right? I don't remember the cause but I've personally experienced this handedness issue on my mac