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No, it would make the transition much slower.
Accessory makers would get lazy: "They already have an adapter. We'll update it next year".
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Apple Drops Prices on USB-C Adapters
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No, it would make the transition much slower.
Accessory makers would get lazy: "They already have an adapter. We'll update it next year".
Art Mark
macrumors 6502a
Apple is sort of stuck honestly. They are mid-transition. I think we all know where it's going, but getting there...not so fun. Generally I don't get into the Apple Charges Too Much set of complaints, but I think this time, it's getting traction with this machine.
Ummm... many, many professionals prefer to get 100gb/s when docked...
We need to do more than stream Netflix.
Time Less
macrumors 6502a
We don't design for price. We design for dongles.
Okay, there's now officially nothing that Apple can do that people won't complain about.
Smart move. A smarter move would have been to announce this during the keynote. They probably would have gotten a lot of great press from it if they positioned it right. #wastedopportunity
But clearly they are "listening" to the complaints.
But clearly they are "listening" to the complaints.
Please let us know, thanks! I already got mine earlier at the higher prices... would rather avoid having to go to an Apple store to get a refund. Hopefully Apple will just credit our cards back the difference.
szw-mapple fan
macrumors 68040
And shipping has slipped to 1-3 months on some critical dongles...
It just works! In the Spring! Merry Christmas!
The product you screenshot is by Belkin. Probably not the best example to demonstrate your comment.
Peace
Cancelled
This is bad news for investors.
Apple is becoming reactionary instead of evolutionary.
Well, we now know there was a panicked meeting yesterday at Apple Towers over how forums like this have unilaterally turned on this nonsense.
pat500000
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You don't need to sell those, Phil. Just give them those dongles included when purchasing Macbook amateur 2016.
What the hell happened to "simple" and less cluttery s***?
EDIT: at least they are reducing the price.
What the hell happened to "simple" and less cluttery s***?
EDIT: at least they are reducing the price.
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do you know a website called amazon?And shipping has slipped to 1-3 months on some critical dongles...
It just works! In the Spring! Merry Christmas!
belkin is sold there too.
This is a smart move by Apple, but it makes me wonder if orders/interest from creative professionals (ad agencies, photographers, video post-production houses, etc) might be dramatically worse than expected, since Apple specifically cited "professionals" in its response.
Ah yes, someone completely clueless. How do you expect to restore from a local backup, or developers to deploy apps? Magic? A wired connection is REQUIRED for those operations.
Adapters 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡 but wow my laptop is so thin 🙄 I just can use it because I left my "adapter" at home.
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I think the problem here is that they actually changed to the lightning port to early and now that everything else is using USB-C they don't want another backlash from iPhone customers (who are a much larger base of people) by switching the connector again.
xraydoc
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The multiport VGA adapter and the multiport HDMI adapter are still listed as $69 each on Apple.com and the Apple Store app.
The USB-C to USB-A adapter is listed, however, at $9 on the Apple Store app but $19.00 on Apple.com.
Someone needs to reboot a server methinks.
The USB-C to USB-A adapter is listed, however, at $9 on the Apple Store app but $19.00 on Apple.com.
Someone needs to reboot a server methinks.
nwcs
macrumors 68030
As many have said, it's a start but they really should have included a USB-C to USB-A adapter for free in the box. Ideally they should have included a 4 port USB 3.0 with A connector dock with USB-C connector for free. It would likely cost them about $20 max and more than amply covered by the price increase of this generation of MBP.
Apple Knowledge Navigator
macrumors 601
There has been an awful lot of whining on these forums lately (some justified), but you can't deny that this is a nice move by Apple. It's very unusual for them to adjust prices outside of product introductions, so clearly they're responding to feedback. Good show!
bladerunner2000
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No one wants to say it now?
Steve Jobs would have kept prices and said this is the cost of moving forward.
Steve Jobs would have kept prices and said this is the cost of moving forward.