Is anyone else struggling to transition to new Apple products because of the lack of ports?

[AdonisSMU]

The audio quality should be better because it is digital and not analog on the iPhone 7. Now having said that I'm delaying upgrading my rMBP till next year in hopes they reverse and add more ports.

Apple would rather go out of business than reverse a decision. You may as well get your usbc ports now or buy a machine that supports legacy hardware. Tbqh may as well upgrade now and get a full 6 years worth out of your dongles and maybe re-evaluate which ones are actually necessary.

 

[aristobrat]

USB C is not taking over for at least another 2 years. Good luck with carrying annoying dongles around for 2 years.

But hasn't everyone been dealing with carrying around "annoying dongles" since USB devices came out?

It's just that before last Thursday, they were called "USB CABLES" instead of "annoying adapters".

Seriously, how do you connect an iPhone to last year's MacBook Pro? You had to carry around a USB cable, errr I mean "annoying dongle".. Same deal for external hard drives, printers, digital cameras, smartphones/tablets. IMO, very few USB devices "just plug in" directly. Most of them require a cable, which you have to carry around if you travel with the device.

I guess people could carry around their old USB cables with a USB-A to USB-C dongle added to the end of it, but I think most folks are going to figure out that they can just replace their old USB cables with new USB cables, and with a small list of exceptions, they won't be carrying around anything more than they've been carrying around for the last 5 years.

 

[bcave098]

But hasn't everyone been dealing with carrying around "annoying dongles" since USB devices came out?

It's just that before last Thursday, they were called "USB CABLES" instead of "annoying adapters".

Seriously, how do you connect an iPhone to last year's MacBook Pro? You had to carry around a USB cable, errr I mean "annoying dongle".. Same deal for external hard drives, printers, digital cameras, smartphones/tablets. IMO, very few USB devices "just plug in" directly. Most of them require a cable, which you have to carry around if you travel with the device.

I guess people could carry around their old USB cables with a USB-A to USB-C dongle added to the end of it, but I think most folks are going to figure out that they can just replace their old USB cables with new USB cables, and with a small list of exceptions, they won't be carrying around anything more than they've been carrying around for the last 5 years.

The most true statement about all of this. A 'dongle' is only needed for things that don't use cables. Things that use cables just need new cables that go from USB-C -> USB-B/mini-USB/micro-USB/etc since the Thunderbolt 3 ports are also USB 3 ports.

 

[CTHarrryH]

When does iPhone 7 start coming with lightning to USB-C and the C into the charger block. Seem strange to me that a current phone to a current MBP needs a dongle to connect. I'd think they'd have to do the USB-C for other end of the lightening cable.

 

[zhenya]

When does iPhone 7 start coming with lightning to USB-C and the C into the charger block. Seem strange to me that a current phone to a current MBP needs a dongle to connect. I'd think they'd have to do the USB-C for other end of the lightening cable.

Anyone not looking for something to complain about could easily understand that of all iPhone buyers, only a tiny, tiny percentage of them will have a computer like the new Macs that are all USB-C. For the moment the reality is that were Apple to include a usb-c cable alone they'd be inconveniencing 99% of owners. If they included an extra cable or dongle, 99% of them would end up in the trash.

 

[BarracksSi]

To answer the question in the title:

No.

 

[jackoatmon]

edit: ahhh forget it.