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Apple Extends Discounts on USB-C Adapters and Accessories Until March 31

lincolntran said:
This is pretty generous from Apple, though I suspect they still make a profit on it but still....they choose to lower the price.

They're willing to be the first mover on new tech and willing to take a hit for it while other companies are just sitting on old tech and wait until it's safe.
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Generous?

Taking a hit?

It's drinks all round though for the marketing team. Cheers!
 
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Hmmm. With iMacs featuring USB-C rumored to be coming in spring, and the end date on this "sale" being March 31st, I think it's reasonable to assume new iMacs in April.
 
this is fine and all excpet that my brand new iphone 7+ need a $25 cord to connect to my brand new macbook pro. Why is it that the usb to usb c cord is $9.99 but the lighting (apple proprietary) to usb c is 25?
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WBRacing said:
Yeah, customers eh? Pain in the backside. Them and their pesky demands. Tut.


If genuinely serious then maybe drop an email to these folks: https://znaps.net/
If they know there is the demand, maybe they'll come up with something.
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these guys ripped me on on kickstarter a year ago. still never got my iphone znap. disgusting
 
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Well, if no one by them, they might consider include basic dongles for with the usb-c only MacBook Pro since they charge so much for it.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
It's very nice of them. No one (not Microsoft, not Dell, not HP, not Compaq) offered adaptors or cables at any type of discount when USB first rolled out in the late '90s. We all had to buy $40-60 adaptors to make printers, CD burners, and other peripheral work with our new machines.
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Did those manufacturers make devices with only ONE kind of connector?
 
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Anyone else waiting for the Kaby Lake update for the MBP that comes with a $200-300 discount, aka "Apple comes to their senses update"?
 
H2SO4 said:
Did those manufacturers make devices with only ONE kind of connector?
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Not before going to USB. Instead they had dozens of different cables that made life a pain for users. This was the entire reason that the industry as a whole migrated to USB. Are you arguing that it was better when we had to have different cables for everything we used?

Do you realize how nice USB-C is going to make things? No more having to buy one cable for your monitor, another for your RAID, another for your hard drive, another for your printer, another for your network....... With USB-C you can use a single cable for all of them. Not only that but a single port can support all of those items at once.

All of those manufacturers did go to USB and like Apple is doing now, forced people to buy new cables, which is a mild inconveniences, in exchange to a couple years down the line be able to use just one standard.

Unless you hate USB (the current USB 1.1 - 3), it's pretty silly to hate on this move. The other computer makers will soon be following too.
 
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OldSchoolMacGuy said:
Not before going to USB. Instead they had dozens of different cables that made life a pain for users. This was the entire reason that the industry as a whole migrated to USB. Are you arguing that it was better when we had to have different cables for everything we used?

Do you realize how nice USB-C is going to make things? No more having to buy one cable for your monitor, another for your RAID, another for your hard drive, another for your printer, another for your network....... With USB-C you can use a single cable for all of them. Not only that but a single port can support all of those items at once.

All of those manufacturers did go to USB and like Apple is doing now, forced people to buy new cables, which is a mild inconveniences, in exchange to a couple years down the line be able to use just one standard.

Unless you hate USB (the current USB 1.1 - 3), it's pretty silly to hate on this move. The other computer makers will soon be following too.
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Dunno what you’re on about. You had the myriad of cables before and you could still use them on the new offerings. That’s not the case with the MacBook. Hence Apple reducing the margins temporarily.
 
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dampfnudel said:
Anyone else waiting for the Kaby Lake update for the MBP that comes with a $200-300 discount, aka "Apple comes to their senses update"?
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Waiting for that to happen, even if within a year, will make my old computer worth less for resale or possible unsellable when it reaches 4 years.
 
crash013 said:
It's only been extended because the 5k display wasn't available to purchase for so long so might as well extend it for everything. It probably won't be permanent.
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I understand that but the original purpose was because nobody wanted to pay those prices. I think they would have extended it even if the display was released slightly earlier.
 
iMi said:
Apple's philosophy.

We created a very expensive computer that can't really connect to anything. It's the "future," you know. Don't worry! We will sell you these outrageously priced dongles. What? Not happy? Ok, look... we will sell them to you at discounted but still ridiculously high prices for a limited time. We'll return to gauge you with outrageously priced dongles by March when you are too tiered to be angry at us. You're welcome! :D
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...And did we mention that it's thinner? Look at our engineering. We actually made it thinner.
 
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I don't see how they are going to sell those LG monitors at their "normal" prices after selling them for $400 cheaper for 6 months.
 
At some point, I'm sure that a couple real engineers pointed out that unpainted aluminum dissipates heat much better than plastic without fatigue or warping. And then a "designer" stepped in and put a stop to this non-group think discussion of a subject called Heat Transfer.
 
Z400Racer37 said:
How a bout a friggin MagSafe adapter?
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Mactendo said:
Actually, that's a good idea. It could be the most useful adapter.
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On the one hand, it'd be very useful. On the other hand, it would be the most non-standard USB-C charger to ever exist. From the get-go, USB-PD (Power Delivery) rules have specified a bunch of voltages that would always have to be supplied. That's because they have to be able to power everything from small phones via tablets up to 100W for very powerful laptops.

MagSafe only outputs two voltages: 17V (for the MBA) or 19V (for the MBP). So either you'd have to make a very non-standard adapter, or you'd have to make an adapter that is basically a mini power supply itself.

Since the USB-C ecosystem is already a bit messy, I'm glad Apple didn't make it even more complicated with such a crazy adapter.

But now I have about 5 MagSafe chargers, collected over the years, which I'll need to sell somehow.
 
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adamjackson said:
arguably more diverse I/O (in the form of unique ports for HDMI, DVI, USB, SD, etc).
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Sorry but that's a ridiculous statement. Two fixed USB 3 Type A ports are not more diverse than 4 Thunderbolt 3/USB-C ports that support 3.1 Type 2, Type 1, 3.0, 2.0 HDMI, Thunderbolt 3, 2, 1 and displayport.

I've never seen people become so confused by the change of a connector to a universal flexible port that now supports EVERYTHING that possible before and much more.
 
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H2SO4 said:
Dunno what you’re on about. You had the myriad of cables before and you could still use them on the new offerings. That’s not the case with the MacBook. Hence Apple reducing the margins temporarily.
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What cables could you use with the original iMac that you could use before it? How about with the original iBook?
 
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