Just a point to note, in case this wasn't obvious to some here: The new MBPs thinness did NOT require getting rid of regular USB ports, Macsafe, and DisplayPort. The laptop is plenty thick to support all those, but the excessive tapering around the bottom edges -- Apple's showy design-over-function decision to make the laptops appear thinner than they truly are -- made it necessary to abandon them.
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MBP design did NOT require removal of ports!
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That may be the case but I disagree with the 'showy design-over-function' statement. There simply is a time when superior technology needs to take the front and center stage. USB-C is such a technology. Yes it requires dongles, but who cares? Obviously carrying around those dongles is a huge problem for many people.
Yes Apple could've waited a few more years, but at some point someone has to do it. The only real thing that is annoying is the loss of MagSafe. But third parties are fixing this.
Yes Apple could've waited a few more years, but at some point someone has to do it. The only real thing that is annoying is the loss of MagSafe. But third parties are fixing this.
Removal of the old ports is the best thing of the laptop, if you dont understand that its not for you, same as almost all future computers wont be
In a couple of years you'll be saying :
"Removal of the all ports is the best thing of the laptop, if you dont understand that its not for you, same as almost all future computers won't be".