Prediction about USB-c:
The Apple fanboys here keep saying that in "a couple years from now the people on the 15 and older will be the ones with dongles" (quote from goobot in reply 7).
I predict that USB-c will prove as popular in the market (and by "market" I mean ALL laptops, not just Apple's) as has been firewire and thunderbolt.
That is to say, you'll see USB-c ports on non-Apple laptops, but you'll continue to see USB-a ports for years to come, and for years to come USB-a products will continue to dominate the marketplace.
Apple thought they could "drive the market" towards firewire and thunderbolt, too.
How did that work out for them?
Apple "fanboys" are saying that?... again, who are all these "fanboys" posters like you keep talking about?
People with actual technical knowledge and understanding of the industry know that USB-C ports
is the new standard... it's not an Apple thing, and it's not anything like FireWire or ThunderBolt. USB-C is
USB - how many times does this need to be explained? It's a different connector shape. That's it. It's still USB 3.1
The way Apple has implemented them on the new 2016 MBP's is that they're also TB3 ports, so they can do even more than just USB, they can also serve as TB ports and DP ports.
Now the TB3 aspect is not widely supported on other platforms and maybe it never will be... but so what? If that's a concern, don't buy TB devices.
Hooking up to most displays is as easy as purchasing a DP cable with a Type-C on one end and DP on the other.
Yes, you will continue to see USB-A ports in the non-Apple universe for years to come, just like there are PC's still shipping with VGA ports introduced over 20 years ago. The majority of wired devices will continue to ship with a USB-A port on one end of their cable for the next couple years, and you'll just have to get a new cable or adapter as required. There will probably even be a point where they package devices with an adapter (unfortunately).
There's this camp of posters that keep trying to create dongle-gate like it's an actual issue, and it's just beyond stupid.