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Wow is that firewire? Haven’t seen that in a while
This aged like milk, the newest MacBooks have magsafe
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this is another reason why I hate apple. other tech companies would rather follow apple than forge their own design path.
I also hate the tech reviewers who reinforce the belief of apple design superiority that pushes this false belief that encourages those bad design changes.
And there’s the soldered RAM and storage, and glued-in or screwed-in battery…
I’m on the other side wishing peripherals would catch up and all become USB-C already. I’m tired of USB-A.
Just one port to rule them all
Asus G16 2023 has 2 USB-A, 2 USB-C (one of them supports Thunderbolt), Ethernet, HDMI, 3.5 mm jack, and a micro-SD slot.
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to be fair, the bandwidth of all the ports on the bottom laptop probably fit in 1 (maaaaybe 2? Just spitballing here) Thunderbolt 5 ports depending how fast the ethernet port is. BTW, why would you want a port that isn’t reversible like USB C lol…
I don’t see the problem. Type-C ports can replace all those ports. If you want more ports, buy a dock.
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It is a straight downgrade. The day you forgot to bring the dongle you are stranded.
And this picture doesn’t show the more recent models with the mag lock power, hdmi, and sd card reader.
Type c ports are the best. I connect my monitor through one and it has a type ports on it for a wired keyboard and speakers.
I can just plug my laptop into a monitor via USB-C, and with that one cable I have:
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the display/audio signal going to the monitor
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USB passthrough to the monitor that has my wireless KB+M dongle plugged into it
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65W charging for my laptop
It’s great.
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I have one of the more recent models. When I sit down at my desk, I just plug it into a Thunderbolt dock anyway, through a single port. All those extra ports just sit unused, despite having a USB-A keyboard and mouse, Ethernet jack, and 4k monitor at that desk. Plus the dongle provides power to the laptop.
I do use the SD reader from time to time, though. I used to have an external reader that was a bit unwieldy on the laptop, but it was also a requirement from when I was shooting pictures on a CompactFlash, which has never had a built in reader on any laptop.
And that becomes annoying if you constantly need more devices connected than what the Mac offers, and constantly have bring the dock.
In the past that was a non-issue. I can see why people would be annoyed by changes like that.
I have one dock at home, one dock at work. The docks stay connected to the peripherals and I just have to plug in one cable into the laptop to connect everything. I much prefere that over having to plug in 3-4 different cables in the past.
Porque no los dos?
I have no horses in this race either as I have the same setup (with a non-Mac laptop).
Just pointing out why Mac owners might be peefed off by the changes, that is all.
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i only have room for 2 thumbs
Who’s got two thumbs and room for them only?
Meh… Did they really? Or do you just choose the worst?
Where is the removable battery? Did ANY Apple laptops have that?
Yes, pre 2013 models had a screwed in battery. I had a 2011 pro that I changed/upgraded the ram, hard drive, and battery myself.
Oh sweet child. What has Apple done to people? A removable battery looks like this:
https://www.ifixit.com/products/lenovo-thinkpad-x220-x220i-x230i-replacement-battery
You just snap it onto the computer. No disassembly. No tools. No screws. All laptops and cell phones except Apple used to have them. You could carry several charged batteries with you and swap them as needed. Some laptops even used two, so you could hot swap with no power interruption.
And we walked to school barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways. :)
I’m okay with USB-C and a headphone jack on my laptop. The other shit is for the birds.
we need 7 firewire ports and micro dvi ports with 1 mini usb
