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Complaining about Apple removing ports is foolhardy and pretty much always wrong.

by pbreit 12y ago

TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
They've done it many times before: * Original iMac (all-USB, no floppy disk drive) * MacBook Air (no CD drive) * MacBook Pro (no Ethernet) People have gotten used to it each time.
- kryptiskt 12y ago
  The original Air had one USB, didn't work out very well.
  - ceejayoz 12y ago
    Didn't work out very well? The original Air basically created the "ultrabook" market and ended the netbook one. I doubt anyone at Apple is disappointed in it.
    - m_mueller 12y ago
      The first gen Air was probably the most unusable machine Apple has created since the NeXT acquisition. It also didn't sell well, so it hardly 'created a market'. Only when second gen came out, with much better harddisk, more ports and better chipset, they really took off. The first gen was a good investment into the future by Apple, a testbed to try out new manufacturing technologies and probing the market. I suspect this Macbook could turn out the same, even though it's probably much more usable than the first Air.
- akhilcacharya 12y ago
  The problem isn't the new port in my opinion, the problem is you only get one of it, and its the only port that can be used for charging as well. If it had another means of charging or another port (like, say, on the back) I wouldn't mind as much.
  - Steko 12y ago
    It has the same battery life as the iPad you don't need to charge it constantly. Long term things you plug into that port will also tend to charge it.
  - pbreit 12y ago
    iPads and iPhones have one port and it works absolutely fine, despite what all the naysayers said.
- jkestner 12y ago
  And there are other models to choose from, even if you're an Apple diehard. Yes, Apple is incapable of making the perfect machine for your needs at this precise point in time, but it's pretty good for some group of people. I'm in the group of people that will get the MacBook Pro version of this with a stunning array of two USB-C ports.
- krakensden 12y ago
  No ethernet seems to still be a big painpoint with the people I work with.

Complaining about Apple removing ports is foolhardy and pretty much always wrong.

by pbreit 12y ago

Complaining about Apple removing ports is foolhardy and pretty much always wrong.

They've done it many times before: * Original iMac (all-USB, no floppy disk drive) * MacBook Air (no CD drive) * MacBook Pro (no Ethernet) People have gotten used to it each time.

kryptiskt 12y ago
The original Air had one USB, didn't work out very well.
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  Didn't work out very well? The original Air basically created the "ultrabook" market and ended the netbook one. I doubt anyone at Apple is disappointed in it.
  - m_mueller 12y ago
    The first gen Air was probably the most unusable machine Apple has created since the NeXT acquisition. It also didn't sell well, so it hardly 'created a market'. Only when second gen came out, with much better harddisk, more ports and better chipset, they really took off. The first gen was a good investment into the future by Apple, a testbed to try out new manufacturing technologies and probing the market. I suspect this Macbook could turn out the same, even though it's probably much more usable than the first Air.
akhilcacharya 12y ago
The problem isn't the new port in my opinion, the problem is you only get one of it, and its the only port that can be used for charging as well. If it had another means of charging or another port (like, say, on the back) I wouldn't mind as much.
- Steko 12y ago
  It has the same battery life as the iPad you don't need to charge it constantly. Long term things you plug into that port will also tend to charge it.
- pbreit 12y ago
  iPads and iPhones have one port and it works absolutely fine, despite what all the naysayers said.
jkestner 12y ago
And there are other models to choose from, even if you're an Apple diehard. Yes, Apple is incapable of making the perfect machine for your needs at this precise point in time, but it's pretty good for some group of people. I'm in the group of people that will get the MacBook Pro version of this with a stunning array of two USB-C ports.
krakensden 12y ago
No ethernet seems to still be a big painpoint with the people I work with.