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USB-C in 12-Inch MacBook Adds Limitations but Opens Up Possibilities
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All I'm hoping for is a product that adds two USB-C ports, a displayPort/HDMI port, and one or two USB 2.0/3.0 ports, that also retains a similar design to the laptop (i.e. looks like a little snap-on, and not a giant dongle thing hanging off the side)
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Or just use any wireless printer, or any printer attached to a network.
It's not like it has to support AirPrint. Our old printer didn't actually support AirPrint, it just attached itself to our Wi-Fi network and acted no different than a NAP. Pretty sure any modern printer can do this.
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Or just use any wireless printer, or any printer attached to a network.
It's not like it has to support AirPrint. Our old printer didn't actually support AirPrint, it just attached itself to our Wi-Fi network and acted no different than a NAP. Pretty sure any modern printer can do this.
No it's because then you'd have just about the perfect machine! And we can't have that bc Apple always wants two bites of the apple, so to speak.
Exactly.
I don't actually have a big issue myself with USB-C onboard, the problem is there's only one of them (while it would seem easily room for 1-2 more), and no adapter was included even though you could probably count the number of USB-C peripherals on one hand.
Well I look at it this way : It adds limitations as in ; adds some Negatives but opens up possibilities as in Positives. Sounds counter-productive?
i have to get over my disbelief at the hatred, ignorance, whining on this thread. this is where apple is headed, they are a huge corporation, they go where they choose to go. and i'm willing to bet that many basic mac users will buy the new macbook, and enjoy using them.
apple's responsibility is to itself, not to specific individuals on the macrumors forum...who believe the new macbook should fit their specific needs.
apple has ALWAYS gone it's own way, and we've survived (and they've thrived). they abandoned scsi, the floppy drive. firewire. the optical drive. etc, etc.
usb-c is the new standard, and am sure we'll see more flashdrives, peripherals, adapters for it. it's not thunderbolt, it's a standard PC makers are moving to as well.
anyway, am out. sad to see how far this forum has fallen...
apple's responsibility is to itself, not to specific individuals on the macrumors forum...who believe the new macbook should fit their specific needs.
apple has ALWAYS gone it's own way, and we've survived (and they've thrived). they abandoned scsi, the floppy drive. firewire. the optical drive. etc, etc.
usb-c is the new standard, and am sure we'll see more flashdrives, peripherals, adapters for it. it's not thunderbolt, it's a standard PC makers are moving to as well.
anyway, am out. sad to see how far this forum has fallen...
You'll need the second port or a dongle to connect any two peripherals while on battery or any one peripheral while charging. And I don't see any reason why a second port shouldn't be there. I'll bet generation 2 will have a second port, once there are more USB-C accessories out there.
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Yes, Thunderbolt was almost that except that it couldn't provide power. If I understand the spec correctly, TB does support enough power, so I don't know why the TB Display didn't take advantage of that.
Probably not much I would guess.
AirPrint has been part of most major consumer printers for a few years now and most business have IP based printing solutions that work on the mac just fine. Remember that AirPrint was primarily designed as a way to provide network printing (a feature that already existed in various forms for Macs) wirelessly for iOS devices.
Of Course it does add one layer of complexity on the standard user's household printing problem. If this is truly the only computer in the house(dorm?) I would recommend an inexpensive printer with AirPrint support. Setting up an IP printer is a bit hands on and usually involves unnecessary hassle.
Sharing a printer from a Mac desktop (if one is available) is the most obvious non-AirPrint solution.
whats your objection to what ballmer said?
optical drives few years ago and usb ports now are a) certainly were not as antiquated as as floppy drives in the past and b) combined dont have a ready made replacement there was back then. seriously you could make the same argument for removing the screen or the keyboard.
I'd speculate that there aren't two ports because each would need to be capable of 100W output for a total of 200W maximum output, and for a notebook, that would not be a reasonable requirement.
The other option would be to downgrade one of the ports to lesser power support, but the would be confusing for the user.
and yet we had two kinds of MacBooks last year and now we'll have three. hmm...
Apple has historically given a few options for products (there were multiple iPods, and now there are multiple iPhones of the same generation) but recently
has gone to the extreme with the personalization options in the watch! I don't think it really seems like they're pushing everyone to this laptop. I will say this. I have been an iMac user for years and I haven't owned a laptop in years but I keep watching that MBAir get smaller and now ... this. I tell you what, my iOS devices go a long way for portable devices - but a laptop like this really tempts me. Who cares about the ports? My iMac's got that covered (oh and My mini too).
yea that I don't know whats up with that
That's a long ways a way.
I don't think the iPhone will go away from lightning anytime soon... but android phones will go to usb c soon.
I don't think they are moving to a universal macbook line.
You will be waiting a loooong time.
Also, I am wondering is apple going to sell a lightning to usb c cable? so someone can charge/plug in their iDevice into their macbook without an adapter?
I was thinking along the same lines. USB-C to Ethernet doesn't exist yet either. Apple's USB to Ethernet is only USB 2.0 and you'd need the adapter. Guess it's time I upgraded to the new Airport Extreme anyway.
Read up on this please,before you comment, this is the way all laptops will go, and
You and the 40 up voters, will have to get used to ATOM Processors across the board, as
Flame away, but the writing is on the wall!
Errr, Atom CPUs are an Intel product as well ?
Non-issue
We will plenty of hubs, gadgets, etc. in the next month
It's just the way our overseas friends operate.
Takes them about 5 minutes to gear up.
And with it being an open format
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We will plenty of hubs, gadgets, etc. in the next month
It's just the way our overseas friends operate.
Takes them about 5 minutes to gear up.
And with it being an open format
Non-issue