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> In Apple's case I fully expect they will make it so that when you plug your Apple display into your laptop it also charges it since the charger is permanently

by cV6WB 12y ago

> In Apple's case I fully expect they will make it so that when you plug your Apple display into your laptop it also charges it since the charger is permanently connected to (or built into) the Apple monitor/display. Except that this display does not exist.

outericky 12y ago
Adapters will exist for now. I think a solution to a single port (though, having more than 1 is probably better) is great. Why do we need 8 different port types? We should have one and it should do everything. But we should have 2 of them.
- Zak 12y ago
  I haven't seen anybody complaining about the move to a single port type. Most of us in the tech world recognize that as a Good Thing. What many of us don't like is that you have to unplug the power adapter just to plug in a flash drive unless you have a dongle.
  - seanp2k2 12y ago
    Hopefully the charger has 4x USB built in (2x normal + 2x type C)
    - mark-r 12y ago
      I'd like to see all type C, with converter cables when necessary. Hopefully they designed it so that's possible.
    - Zak 12y ago
      It does not. Here's the adapter; the separate USB-C cable (one is required to use this adapter) Apple sells for $30 does not include a hub or extra ports either. I'm sure there will be some third-party option that does this. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ262LL/A/apple-29w-usb-c-power-adapter http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ262LL/A/apple-29w-usb-c-...
rbanffy 12y ago
> Except that this display does not exist. Yet. Neither does the laptop, by the way. By the time it launches, I expect it'll be surrounded by a fairly decent line of accessories.
- kevincrane 12y ago
  Goodie, more things to buy.
- seanp2k2 12y ago
  Just like Thunderbolt? I'm not holding my breath, but I do think USB has a better chance of a successful accessory ecosystem.
  - gambiting 12y ago
    Because if anyone has ever thought that Thunderbolt would be used for all accessories they were very, very, very wrong. You wouldn't plug in a printer, or a flash drive, directly to a Pciexpress bus, would you? There's simply no need. And yet, this is pretty much exactly what Thunderbolt is. It's fantastic for things which need this kind of connector - external graphics cards, 10Gb optical network cards, RAID controllers - but not pendrives.

by cV6WB 12y ago

outericky 12y ago

Adapters will exist for now. I think a solution to a single port (though, having more than 1 is probably better) is great. Why do we need 8 different port types? We should have one and it should do everything. But we should have 2 of them.

Zak 12y ago
I haven't seen anybody complaining about the move to a single port type. Most of us in the tech world recognize that as a Good Thing. What many of us don't like is that you have to unplug the power adapter just to plug in a flash drive unless you have a dongle.
- seanp2k2 12y ago
  Hopefully the charger has 4x USB built in (2x normal + 2x type C)
  - mark-r 12y ago
    I'd like to see all type C, with converter cables when necessary. Hopefully they designed it so that's possible.
  - Zak 12y ago
    It does not. Here's the adapter; the separate USB-C cable (one is required to use this adapter) Apple sells for $30 does not include a hub or extra ports either. I'm sure there will be some third-party option that does this. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ262LL/A/apple-29w-usb-c-power-adapter http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ262LL/A/apple-29w-usb-c-...

rbanffy 12y ago

> Except that this display does not exist. Yet. Neither does the laptop, by the way. By the time it launches, I expect it'll be surrounded by a fairly decent line of accessories.

kevincrane 12y ago
Goodie, more things to buy.
seanp2k2 12y ago
Just like Thunderbolt? I'm not holding my breath, but I do think USB has a better chance of a successful accessory ecosystem.
- gambiting 12y ago
  Because if anyone has ever thought that Thunderbolt would be used for all accessories they were very, very, very wrong. You wouldn't plug in a printer, or a flash drive, directly to a Pciexpress bus, would you? There's simply no need. And yet, this is pretty much exactly what Thunderbolt is. It's fantastic for things which need this kind of connector - external graphics cards, 10Gb optical network cards, RAID controllers - but not pendrives.