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USB-C: I Can't, I'm on a Mac
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Try "because they get hot", very hot depending on brand. Most are also of marginal quality.
Biggest issue I have had with my rMB.
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Actually you are totally wrong. For the last few years, with very very few exceptions, I have not had a connectivity issue in regards to hardware. I use a Lenovo X230 for business. Dongles or adapters not required. Talking globally - at least as far as NA, Brazil, EU, Aus, China, and Japan.
If you have to play the dongle game something is really wrong.
I would be a bit cautious of plugging anything into my computer that I didn't know what it was first.
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/1...your-pc-one-of-them-might-be-this-usb-killer/
Sorry but you are just rationalizing the "bring back the dongle" behavior that Apple is apparently regressing into.
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The whole Apple wireless connectivity myth. I bought into it with my rMB and have found the experience to be far poorer than I had heard or envisioned. Sadly.
Congratulations. You have one of the world's last laptops with VGA still included! At 12" and 3.5lbs though, I think the rest of the world is happy to move on to something a bit more modern. No HDMI for you either though, so when you hit a conference room where a TV has replaced the projector (an increasingly common practice) you too, will be SOL without a dongle.
Did you see the reviews? 31% one-star.
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Terrible reviews for that item.
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With my iphone 4s and then 6 I can't count how many times they didn't sync properly with my 2011 MBP unless I plugged them into the USB instead of using wifi. Wireless might be the future, but Apple have yet to master the present.
To me it's not so much the inconsistency, which is understandable in a manufacturing environment where issues and delays occur, it 's the B.S. that goes along with it. Based on the iPhone presentation, should we logically conclude that the MB Pro showed cowardice?
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So why not both, considering the profit margin on the iPhone, and considering Apple knew it's laptops were coming out with just USB-C?
You would think so. What I have found is that most access via their internal network (wifi or cable) and precludes physical links. This has become common. Conferences or other venues that have HDMI only and require you use it are exceedingly rare. What I have found is that the use of "C" is not. Haven't used it yet outside of a couple of devices.
Of all my ports, that gets the least use.
Side note: The times I do use my rMB for meetings/presentations, the wireless connectivity is not as robust nor as consistent.
Use of VGA is pretty much dead.
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Common. Between my rMB, iPad Mini 4, and iPhone 6S+, the times they can all see / communicate with each other is the exception rather than the rule. Inconsistent at best. A big disappointment.
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How about you stop telling people what to post. If you don't like what is being posted don't read it. IT IS YOUR DECISION TO READ WHICHEVER THREAD YOU CLICK ON.
How about you stop telling me what to post ?. If you don't like what is being posted don't read it. IT IS YOUR DECISION TO READ WHICHEVER COMMENT YOU WANT.
See, two can play at this game ?
...and carry this brick with you to every meeting and on your cruise and to every presentation you give. That's the problem. I'm not worried about having dongles at my desk. I'm worried about having to have dongles everywhere I go, since you often do know in advance you'll need it.
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Or the people who want to complain about the same thing over and over can complain in a single thread instead of thinking their argument makes them a special snowflake needing yet another topic to complain about the same thing.
Thanks for all the input. Yes, dongles can be carried in a backpack, and will thus often be there when you need them. But I watched lots of people flounder about a VGA-to-displayport dongle when VGA first disappeared, and I expect the same to happen with HDMI and SD and so forth now. Many on this thread seem to treat the absence of the ports as an advantage. Perhaps there is a minor weight savings or something. And maybe you don't use those ports any more and won't miss them. I've used all of them in the last 3 months, so to me it seems premature to drop them all.
But I realize that griping on MacRumors--or even sending feedback to Apple--will almost certainly not help.
Who knows? Maybe I'll actually like having the new MacDongleBook Pro!
But I realize that griping on MacRumors--or even sending feedback to Apple--will almost certainly not help.
Who knows? Maybe I'll actually like having the new MacDongleBook Pro!
Never really thought about this point, but you're right.
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It still doesn't make sense that the cable that comes with the iPhone doesn't plug into the MBP.
I'm slightly confused with some of the comments, not that I'm calling people liers but do you guys actually use your laptops in the "real world" or are you just jumping on the "dongle hate"?
I visit several locations each day and connect to a range of different displays at clients homes and premises, usually if they are a large business they have the solution readily available on site in the confrance room. Smaller businesses and clients homes not so much but that's why I have a range of dongles/adapters to cover most situations and it has been like this for as far back as I can remember, the dongle is nothing new and this has existed long before today's MB and MBP'S.
Sure the last generation offered a better selection out of the box but it still didn't cover all bases and I for one am happy that Apple have decided on one input format this time around it makes things simpler, plus that the port is so versatile it's a win win.... so we need a few new dongles/adapter, they'll just live in my laptop bag with all the other bits and pieces in there it's no biggie....
I guess having to take dongles to your local coffee shop doesn't make you look as hip hahaha
I visit several locations each day and connect to a range of different displays at clients homes and premises, usually if they are a large business they have the solution readily available on site in the confrance room. Smaller businesses and clients homes not so much but that's why I have a range of dongles/adapters to cover most situations and it has been like this for as far back as I can remember, the dongle is nothing new and this has existed long before today's MB and MBP'S.
Sure the last generation offered a better selection out of the box but it still didn't cover all bases and I for one am happy that Apple have decided on one input format this time around it makes things simpler, plus that the port is so versatile it's a win win.... so we need a few new dongles/adapter, they'll just live in my laptop bag with all the other bits and pieces in there it's no biggie....
I guess having to take dongles to your local coffee shop doesn't make you look as hip hahaha
The year was 1998. iMac was the first and ONLY Mac with USB-A... and ONLY USB-A.
What ports did the iMac before that have?
Edit: I've had a Google and see the iMac was released in 1998. So I'm not really sure of your point.
I'm agreeing that it's odd to have a computer with no USB-C ports only to then update it with only USB-C. It would make sense to have a few USB-C and then one USB-A.
But that's just my opinion.
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OMG, stop complaing, apple is perfect. You just need to buy this:
https://www.amazon.com/Rubies-Yellow-Batman-Utility-Belt/dp/B0045D9B7Q
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Their Rant is valid though. This is a discussion forum. Anything posted here whether question or comment has 9/10 been said a million times. When I don't like a post I just skip over it.
For every thread that was posted a million times, there is someone telling them such.
None as the iMac was a new product, but the computer it replaced (an all-in-one Power Macintosh G3 with essentially the same specs) had DB-15, ADB, SCSI, Serial, Geoport and S-Video.
I honestly believe if they included a dongle with the missing ports there would be minimal complaining (about the ports, anyway).
They should have just stuck in one of these:
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter?fnode=8b.
Maybe replaced the HDMI with a SD card slot.
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OMG, stop complaing, apple is perfect. You just need to buy this:
https://www.amazon.com/Rubies-Yellow-Batman-Utility-Belt/dp/B0045D9B7Q
"Where do I plug my SD card in?"
"Thanks Batman!"
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The original post says "Going from no USB-C ports to ONLY USB-C ports" and Apple, in 1998, went from no USB-A ports (on any product) to only USB-A ports.
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