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That sounds like a plea for LED illuminated ports... like the Mac Pro will have.
by Samuel_Michon 13y ago
That sounds like a plea for LED illuminated ports... like the Mac Pro will have.
- vacri 13y agoHow do you get that plea from "sometimes... the power is off"?
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoAs long as the machine is plugged in, I don’t think we can speak of it as being completely off. I suspect the LED illumination will work even when the machine is turned ‘off’. Even if the computer is not plugged in, the LED illumination might work, provided the machine has a built-in battery. At this point in time, we just don’t know. I’m going by the amount of thought Apple usually puts into its products.
- darkarmani 13y agoThey can't make the proper port glow when you get the cable close to it?
- seanp2k2 13y agoMy Dell U2410 has buttons that detect when your finger gets near them (they start lighting up) which is pretty slick. Maybe it's just a bit more expensive / harder to integrate and wasn't considered worth it. Not exactly sure how it works but I think it uses the same physical phenomenon as a theremin. Again it's mostly pointless, but it is pretty slick.
- Cthulhu_ 13y ago> Maybe it's just a bit more expensive / harder to integrate And probably patent-protected by Dell and needing licensing cost, instead of coming up with something they could patent themselves.