In Reply to: New Apple Macs announced today posted by AbeCollins on October 27, 2016 at 13:59:52:
Standardizing on one port type only, the Thunderbolt 3, save Apple a lot of money in manufacturing, PLUS...
They raised the price, PLUS...
They get to sell LOTS of 'Dongles'.
I'll miss the SD card slot the most, as I have a !FAST! 64 Gig micro-SD card in a flush mount SD carrier (they cost a bit) installed all of the time, just for photos. Saves SSD space and you don't even notice it's there.
Will still pull the trigger, give my current MacBook Air to my wife for use as a desktop with the 27 inch monitor we already have. It's batter is so bad by now it only runs about an hour on battery, one of the two USB ports is dead the other on life support, but hopefully it will outlive both of us, at least as a desktop substitute.
First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass
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Follow Ups
- Dingle, Dangle, Dongle... - Ivan303 17:55:36 10/29/16 (2)
- RE: Dingle, Dangle, Dongle... - AbeCollins 07:05:23 10/30/16 (1)
- Yeah, but the worn out USB ports will require a new MB... - Ivan303 16:11:16 10/30/16 (0)