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I had a quick look of the new MacBook Air at the apple store today, the USB ports looked a little different. Are those the new ball bearing USB ports that apple has designed.
 
I had a quick look of the new MacBook Air at the apple store today, the USB ports looked a little different. Are those the new ball bearing USB ports that apple has designed.

What do you mean? Never heard about that before...
 
What do you mean? Never heard about that before...

I just had a quick look at the new air , then I looked at the 15" pro on the other table.

The new air looks like it has 4 little metal balls in the USB port to keep the wire in place. It just looked different.

I'm sure someone with the new air could let me know
 
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I had a quick look of the new MacBook Air at the apple store today, the USB ports looked a little different. Are those the new ball bearing USB ports that apple has designed.

I see what you mean, they are just there to hold the usb devices in. see below for the usual way...

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Wow nice catch - the ball bearings look a lot better built than those cheap metal tabs.
 
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