Thoughts on one port

[mmomega]

While I don't love that there is one charging/USB/everything port.... it really hasn't bothered me at all yet.
I've had the machine for a couple months and is my daily "on-the-go workhorse" whereas I used to use a 13" MBA.

I also think I fall into the niche category for this device as I need small, lightweight, decent battery and mainly wireless connections. It doesn't need to be powerful at all, I don't do gaming, nothing CPU intensive at all, remote control software is about as intensive as it gets on this computer for me and a few networking apps.

 

[Four oF NINE]

It's an awesome machine for what it is, a masterpiece of design and engineering. If you have another Mac for heavy lifting, it shouldn't bother anyone by not having extra ports.

 

[Macalway]

It's slightly irksome. But not an issue for me, that is.

Would be nice if there was a whole slew of cool hubs and such. There's aren't, and going from experience, there 'probably' will not be .

 

[maflynn]

I really like being able to unplug a single cable from the MB12 and head on out. MUCH better than having three different cables trailing from my MB Pro, having to disconnect/reconnect them.

By the same token machines like the SP3 with its dock requires no unplugging, just remove it from the dock. I really wish apple would see the wisdom in docks and offer them.

I think overall, the single data/power port is not an ideal design but that's just me.

 

[robin0627]

I just don't understand why Apple does not release a dongle which consists of a USB-A port, a display port and a USB-C, so people cannot can connect their rMBs to external monitors at a higher resolution or frame rate while charging it.

 

[Fishrrman]

I've been a Mac fan since 1987, but I have no interest whatsoever in a laptop that has only one in/out port....

 

[boltjames]

I've been a Mac fan since 1987, but I have no interest whatsoever in a laptop that has only one in/out port....

That's only for when you're traveling with it.

When at a desk in your office, use one of Apple's USB-C adapters, it's like a very small docking station, weights next to nothing.

BJ