Port stealing

[Corefile]

Saw this on the internet and thought it interesting to post. MBA M1 at the top of the pile.

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[theorist9]

If you look at the vertical dimensions of those ports, you'll see they had to successively eliminate the tallest ones as the cases got thinner. For instance, counting from the bottom:

To go from #2 to #3, they had to ditch the ethernet port.

To go from #3 to #4, they had to ditch USB-A.

 

[NT1440]

Almost all of those are supported natively via Thunderbolt (or baked into USB C).

I put the adapter in the end of the cable, tape it so it’s just a longer cable for all intents and purposes, and then go on with my life.

Could we use more Thunderbolt ports? Sure. But the bandwidth provided over it means a hub with all of the devices I use can essentially be connected with a single cable. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Reverend Benny]

I understand that they post is a joke but they really should have showed both sides of the computers. Then they would have realised that the MBA M1 has a 3,5 mm port on the other side.

 

[Abazigal]

Saw this on the internet and thought it interesting to post. MBA M1 at the top of the pile.

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I took that as a net positive. My first Mac laptop was a 2012 MBA. I owned the various mini-display port adaptors for VGA and HDMI and I never looked back. For me, there is no price I won't pay to get a device which is as thin and as light as possible.

 

[XboxMySocks]

And thank god they did. Do not need all these on the side of the machine.

 

[jz0309]

Saw this on the internet and thought it interesting to post. MBA M1 at the top of the pile.

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That is phantastic! Don’t need those legacy ports anymore