mac_128 said: There are apps which use custom peripherals which only attach via lightning. In order to use those peripherals with the apps on a Mac, there would need to be an adapter or a native port. So far Apple has introduced specs for Lightning headphones, but has not as far as I know provided a way to adopt those headphones to anything else, forcing customers to additionally use 3.5mm headphones for HQ audio on the Mac. Bringing iOS apps to a Mac, would increase the necessity to provide a way to connect custom Lighting peripherals to the Mac, which would finally allow a customer to use one set of headphones for all of their Apple products. IF Apple is really doing this, then the lack of any kind of Lightning adapters to date starts to make some sense. It hasn't been a priority for Apple, which was also pushing the AirPods and W1 Bluetooth chip despite their inferior sound quality to wired connections (especially in professional situations), but would make more sense with greater need to connect other lightning peripherals.
You're expecting Apple's plans to make sense? (Tip: All that stuff about better quality, and moving into the future, and legacy ports... marketing fluff. Apple wanted the space, and to humor Ive's portless-fetish. That's about it.)
Thunderbolt 3 is actually better in every possible way.
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Thunderbolt 3 is actually better in every possible way.
Also, if I want to plugin in some headphones, it isn't.