Because Thunderbolt is going nowhere fast.
Wisdom demands in return exactly how "fast" is USB-C going so far that the above answer is a valid one?
So far, I see Google Chromebooks and one model of Macbook that carry it. Apple didn't even include ONE single port on ANY of their other updates/refreshes. Who
needs USB-C on an iMac or Mac Pro or anything at all for that matter? It's a product in search of a market. They already came out with reversible USB cables (spring-loaded connector with connections on both sides). Other than bi-directional power (not needed on desktops and not really on notebooks either as they really get in the way more than anything else; the only place they might be handy is on something like an iPad or iPhone, in which case goodbye Lightning port and WTF did they bother? Oh yeah to sell more cables).
In short, Thunderbolt was an advanced product that was BETTER than USB3 and a hell of a lot better than USB2, but it still fails because it's NOT NEEDED by everyday people. So again, I ask who the hell NEEDS USB-C? The answer is the same as Thunderbolt. Very few. To the rest of us it's just more cables, more adapters and more of a ROYAL PAIN IN THE ARSE than anything else and therefore
WE DON'T WANT IT.
It will remain a niche product included on their more powerful laptops, but with this jump, USB will provide enough of the benefits of Thunderbolt with far wider support. Within a year, the market will be flooded with usb-c adapters of every flavor and every price point, and make docking Macs that come with them easy for the first time, in well, virtually forever.
Flooded with adapters?
Who the bleep wants THAT? How about we just don't use that horrible idea and simply don't buy products with USB-C ports unless the have all the other ports we want as well. Yes, that's a MUCH better idea. If they wanted a new style USB port, they should have made it backwards compatible without crazy adapters (like a + shaped connector that uses the horizontal for USB1/2/3 functions and the vertical part for the new power connections, etc.). That way, a traditional plug could be used in a pinch and if you need the new functions, newer devices and plugs could make use of it. Of course, that won't help apple make a PAPER THIN Macbook, but that's a niche market and as I indicated above, will simply not go anywhere fast.
In other words, I don't WANT to buy a dozen $75 adapters to make what should be a $500 notebook (which costs well over $1000) to "work" in the most basic of circumstances. Anybody who does, be my guest. I think this will be a flop. Two ports might have eeked by, but you'd still get tons of complaints about a dozen adapters needed to make it usable, all costing $$$$.
When you are connecting to drives and monitors, who on earth cares that you need a 'dongle'? In that case, the 'dongle' is also going to be known as your 'dock'.
WHAT dock???
How much is that going to cost and
when is it going to be available??? Obviously, we're not just talking about an adapter to connect a USB3 hub. This notebook lacks ANY other ports what-so-ever, so it's going to need at the very least a power supply connection to the notebook through it, multiple USB3 ports, Ethernet and monitor ports. There's also Firewire, additional audio, midi and perhaps even some level of Thunderbolt support to possibly consider. Hell my Mac Mini even has an SD card reader built into it. They couldn't fit THAT on the new Macbook either.
The current Apple monitor (singular) is a Thunderbolt "dock" model and doesn't even support USB 3 yet after four years. So exactly
HOW SOON do you think I can expect a new monitor with a USB-C hub built-in? How many YEARS did it take to get a single solitary Thunderbolt dock/hub from all those vendors that promised one? Two or three years? And forget any kind of PCI type expansion that Thunderbolt can use.
Now you want me to buy at least one $12 USB3 to USB-C adapter (or replacement cable) for every single USB cable I might use on the road or at least one to connect a USB3 hub at home (I actually use TWO 7-port USB hubs (one USB2 and one USB3) with my Mac Mini plus a few devices like my 3TB media drive that I connect directly since these hubs seem to "hiccup" once a day or so and think they've ejected the drive momentarily which OSX doesn't like so I plug those straight in, which is not hard to do when you have FOUR ports. But if I wanted to "dock" this thing at home, I need at least one adapter and then daisy-chain the hubs and then pray that the drive doesn't disconnect (which it will sooner or later). That still doesn't get me power or ethernet or firewire or anything else. Yeah, again, WHEN can I expect that "dock" you mentioned?
You're just making things up to complain about.
Yeah, I just "made up" all of what I wrote. Too bad for actual consumers it's all true.
