New MacBook 24% Thinner than MacBook Air

JaredBusch

Ug, more damned adapters!

Haven't we done the adapter-for-everything thing before?

You guys missed the boat in your jump to bitch about it.

This is not a new adapter directly. It is USB-C. Apple is simply using a standard (instead of making up their own) as the port of choice for the new MacBook

This is also not an Apple thing. Here is an article on the subject from August of last year.
http://www.cnet.com/news/usb-type-c-one-cable-to-connect-them-all/

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller And it's an Apple branded adapter, so it costs $75 ...

MattSpeller

It looks sweet and it's amazing they got it so thin, but a single USB port? Very stupid move.

Edit: Also as I predicted before, it's the first to support USB charging of the laptop! Huzzah no more stupid power adapters for each brand!

Dashrender

@MattSpeller said:

Edit: Also as I predicted before, it's the first to support USB charging of the laptop! Huzzah no more stupid power adapters for each brand!

Now that is good news.

nadnerB

@JaredBusch said:

@Dashrender said:

Ug, more damned adapters!

@nadnerB said:

Haven't we done the adapter-for-everything thing before?

You guys missed the boat in your jump to bitch about it.

This is not a new adapter directly. It is USB-C. Apple is simply using a standard (instead of making up their own) as the port of choice for the new MacBook

This is also not an Apple thing. Here is an article on the subject from August of last year.
http://www.cnet.com/news/usb-type-c-one-cable-to-connect-them-all/

I will admit that I did a Slashdot.

(didn't read the entirety of the article before commenting.)
Lesson learned

@MattSpeller said:

It looks sweet and it's amazing they got it so thin, but a single USB port? Very stupid move.

Edit: Also as I predicted before, it's the first to support USB charging of the laptop! Huzzah no more stupid power adapters for each brand!

Unless they keep require higher wattage.. like the iPads do and those even require a chip to tell them that it is compatible.

MattSpeller

@thecreativeone91 They'll all require way more amps than the USB3 standard provides, but they all get the amps on the same pins - victory is ours!

Re: the chips - yeah well you vote with your wallet so.... I'll leave that there and return to my PC's.

Edit: PC Laptops with MORE THAN ONE USB PORT. cough cough Sorry. Had to be done.

lance

Looks like a nice laptop.

JaredBusch

@MattSpeller said:

Edit: PC Laptops with MORE THAN ONE USB PORT. cough cough Sorry. Had to be done.

I almost never use two USB ports at the same time now, so how does this matter to me or many other people?

scottalanmiller

I normally use four or five.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said:

I normally use four or five.

I never said everyone, but most people do not use them very often.

I easily have ten in use at the same time. I actually have addtional usb controllers in my pcie slots on my desktop.

JaredBusch

@thecreativeone91 said:

I easily have ten in use at the same time. I actually have addtional usb controllers in my pcie slots on my desktop.

Even more than people that use more than one at a time, the people that have USB hubs is such a small number that for mass market I would ignore that segment.

Minion Queen

When at my desk with my laptop I have a USB hub connected when traveling I don't need one as I leave the mouse etc. behind.

Carnival Boy

@thecreativeone91 said:

I easily have ten in use at the same time.

TEN!?? Can you list 'em?

@Carnival-Boy said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

I easily have ten in use at the same time.

TEN!?? Can you list 'em?

4x Red Mag Reader
2x USB Media Card Readers
USB Keyboard
USB Mouse
Webcam
BMD UltraStudio Pro
External 5 Bay USB 3.0 Raid/JBOD

No USB Hubs used. I have 13 Ports on my Desktop.