USB C will be great. Get a few adapter cables and your legacy devices work. Being able to charge from any port and getting 40 GB/sec speed is great. Assuming the gpu is fast enough that is enough to drive multiple 5K displays at once. The merger of Thunderbolt 3 into the USB-C spec is a real winner for us users.
Very much agree, however the problem is that Apple`s all or nothing approach will be problematic for many, especially those with multiple Mac`s and associated peripherals. After over a year of using my Retina MacBook in a professional role, I have yet to come across
one peripheral that can natively connect to the MacBook`s USB C port, without the need for an adaptor. This is fine for a notebook being used in an ultraportable business role, not so much for the MBP and it`s heavier/broader usage.
I am sure for many of us depending on our MBP`s for work purpose the combination of USB A 3.0 & USB C/TB-3 would be a far better solution, equally that will likely interfere with Apple`s obsession of Thin & Light over usability and practicality, it`s not about what the next Gen MBP is going to be, more what the Mac could have become.
For me the compromises that Apple is now making for the sake of just being thinner far outweigh the benefit`s that Apple and OS X once offered. I need the MBP to be an effective desktop replacement, not a tricked up Air, with the option of Pink...
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