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We used to have other cable's for video prior. However, today we expect interoperability across so many more devices that saying we need this to be a video cabl

We used to have other cable's for video prior. However, today we expect interoperability across so many more devices that saying we need this to be a video cable and this to be an audio cable put us in this position in first place. Over time I imagine we will evolve to a more standard "data transfer" cable that is what USB-C is trying to do. The transition isn't always easy and will introduce friction to various use cases. Remember firewire? Today when I'm mobile I have a bookbag, a laptop and a small accessory bag. The accessory bag has various cables, dongles and adapters to ensure I have plug-ability. Going back to your desk is a work problem, the office should just have those dongles in all the conference rooms and the problem you describe is entirely moot.

handrous 5y ago
> Going back to your desk is a work problem, the office should just have those dongles in all the conference rooms and the problem you describe is entirely moot. You run into this a lot places where only some developers and maybe the artists use MacBooks. Everyone else has fat Windows machines that have every port known to man and don't need dongles. Past the initial (annoying and unnecessary, but oh well) adjustment period, it wasn't that bad for all-Mac shops, but it's a real pain in mixed shops because it's basically just a MacBook problem.