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All the other brands went along (slrpnk.net)
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[–] HactaiiMiju@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Oh no! They took out ports the vast majority of users would never use in their entire life, making production cheaper and also making room for new technology to develop and evolve, while enabling whoever needs a specific port to simply buy a fucking dongle and get the job done. Oh and this also made it possible for the entire machine to be lighter and thinner, more thermally efficient and have infinitely better battery life.

The horror πŸ™„

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah which ports are folks actually missing here? Looking at various ports.

Magsafe: This has returned on the new machines. I like it for the green / orange charge indicator. RJ-45: Ok I kinda of get it, but it’s such a tall port. Personally I’d prefer a thinner laptop in this instance. Mini DVI: long dead. Replaced with HDMI. The MacBook pro’s have HDMI FireWire: long dead USB A: Replaced with USB-C. Ok one A port here would still be useful. Headphone / Mic: Still there, just as a combo port on the other side. SD card reader: The MacBook Pros have this. Mini Display port: Long dead. Replaced with DP over USB C

In short if you want HDMI and SD card reader and are anti dongle you get a MBP which has both.

Either way now have ports that can push insane bandwidth and route USB, PCI, HDMI and DP over the same cable which is incredibly versatile.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Mini DVI: long dead. Replaced with HDMI. The MacBook pro’s have HDMI

HDMI has always been inferior to DisplayPort, for computer displays. I'd personally consider DP to be the natural successor to DVI.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

infinitely better battery life

All my laptops have a battery as shitty as ten years ago.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then get a Mac.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eh, I'm talking about real computers, not devices that cosplay as one.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

How cutting.