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> This is going to be a primary complaint people have No. Most people never plug in anything to their USB ports where they'd notice a speed difference. Defin

> This is going to be a primary complaint people have No. Most people never plug in anything to their USB ports where they'd notice a speed difference. Definitely not people picking up a $600 MacBook for school or casual web browsing. I'd bet 90% of folks never do anything other than charge through these ports...

bombcar 8mo ago
I don't think people will have many complaints about this thing, but I do think this will be one of the primary (even though it's basically a non-complaint). It will definitely be used to justify spending $300-1500 more for a better laptop.
- happyopossum 8mo ago
  What do you think Neo users are going to plug in where they’d actually notice the USB speed differences?
  - bombcar 8mo ago
    Monitors, mainly (as if you plug it in the "wrong" one it doesn't work). Followed by the IT-nerd of the family always complaining to them. Again, I think it's a minor nit realistically, but people are going to harp on it.
    - Qub3d 8mo ago
      For monitors at least, if you plug in to the wrong port you will get a GUI prompt advising you to use the other one [1]: > while the ports aren’t labeled, if you plug an external display into the “wrong” port, you’ll get an on-screen notification suggesting you plug it into the other port. [1]: https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_macbook_neo https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_m...
      - alpaca128 8mo ago
        I hope they added (or will add) that feature to other Macs too, on mine I had to try out different ports and check the settings to find the one which can go beyond 60Hz.
  - fragmede 8mo ago
    The same things Macbook pro users plug in where they'd see the USB speed differences. Just because someone isn't as privileged as to be able to afford a MacBook Pro instead of a Neo doesn't mean they don't have the same dreams and desires.

bombcar 8mo ago

I don't think people will have many complaints about this thing, but I do think this will be one of the primary (even though it's basically a non-complaint). It will definitely be used to justify spending $300-1500 more for a better laptop.

happyopossum 8mo ago
What do you think Neo users are going to plug in where they’d actually notice the USB speed differences?
- bombcar 8mo ago
  Monitors, mainly (as if you plug it in the "wrong" one it doesn't work). Followed by the IT-nerd of the family always complaining to them. Again, I think it's a minor nit realistically, but people are going to harp on it.
  - Qub3d 8mo ago
    For monitors at least, if you plug in to the wrong port you will get a GUI prompt advising you to use the other one [1]: > while the ports aren’t labeled, if you plug an external display into the “wrong” port, you’ll get an on-screen notification suggesting you plug it into the other port. [1]: https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_macbook_neo https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_m...
    - alpaca128 8mo ago
      I hope they added (or will add) that feature to other Macs too, on mine I had to try out different ports and check the settings to find the one which can go beyond 60Hz.
- fragmede 8mo ago
  The same things Macbook pro users plug in where they'd see the USB speed differences. Just because someone isn't as privileged as to be able to afford a MacBook Pro instead of a Neo doesn't mean they don't have the same dreams and desires.