Anyone else notice how close the USB ports are on the new MBP 15"? I went to plug in 2 external drives to my comp and noticed they wont fit. I could easily do this on my previous MBP.
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Annoyed with new MBP USB
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Anyone else notice how close the USB ports are on the new MBP 15"? I went to plug in 2 external drives to my comp and noticed they wont fit. I could easily do this on my previous MBP.
What seams quite surprising to me, is that apple did not pay attention to that since they are very meticulous when it comes to little details. Even in their previous version (where they positioned one USB at each side) they located one of them just aside the magsafe cord, which made it impossible for some more bulky usb devices not to fit in that port.
Apple just goes dumb when it comes to ports.
They've always been close together, so Mac users have gotten accustomed to this. However, I didn't know that the USB ports are even closer together on the new design. I wonder why?
Perhaps everyone who works at Apple use MacBook Airs, where port layout is not an issue.
They've always been close together, so Mac users have gotten accustomed to this. However, I didn't know that the USB ports are even closer together on the new design. I wonder why?
Perhaps everyone who works at Apple use MacBook Airs, where port layout is not an issue.
It's also a snug fit on the new MB's as well. Before I could use two Verbatim thumb drives next to each other on an iBook but not anymore. It really is a pain in the @ss! You would think they would test a few brands for the width of a thumb drive plugged in at the same time but I can think of another way it was tested. Apple must have used their usb cables to test with which are slim compared to most thumb drives out today
this is a problem for me on the old macbook pro too with the usb on the right side, it's so close to the firewire port if I have my firewire drive or camcorder connected I can't plug 3 of my 4 usb sticks into it because of the width.
The only thing I cant get side by side in the usb ports is my usb wireless card. It is wider than the usb plug and caused the same problem on my old Powerbook G4. I use an extension cord with the wireless, and a usb hub on a wire in the other one and they both coexist next to each other in the usb ports.
Anyone else notice how close the USB ports are on the new MBP 15"? I went to plug in 2 external drives to my comp and noticed they wont fit. I could easily do this on my previous MBP.
There were't two USB ports next to each other on the previous MBP?
Anyone else notice how close the USB ports are on the new MBP 15"? I went to plug in 2 external drives to my comp and noticed they wont fit. I could easily do this on my previous MBP.
That was one of the deal killers for me buying the 15", only two USB ports. I pretty regularly use three. I was pleased to see that on the 17" there is three, hopefully there not too close together.
They are very very close. But what is supremely annoying is that only one usb port is powered. You can choose any of them, but only one.
It is a bit of a PITA...i can't plug in my iphone and external WD drive at the same time...
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