80s_Apple_Guy

This is why we love Apple and it's closed so App Store. 

At some point thinness comes at the expense of durability. When you make every component the minimum size you're gonna get problems like this and like the keyboard issues. Whether this one is real I don't know but the logic of going with thinner cables seems to fit with Apple's current pattern.  

macxpress said:

davgreg said:

The question I have regarding USB C is who signed off on this dumpster fire. Were Steve Jobs alive he would not OK the mess cables and dongles have become on Apple devices.

We all went through this very same thing when Apple switched from its old Serial I/O to USB. It was dongle hell too! It took a couple of years and then USB took over. This is really nothing new and guess what, yes, this was on Steve's watch along with other I/O interface changes throughout the years. Stop with the if Steve were here shit!

Not exactly true. As pointed out he did not get rid of everything at all. Still had Ethernet and optical drive for input. It was also a desktop which makes hubs and dongles not a big deal to just put next to the machine and leave. Don't have to carry them with you or worry about forgetting. And putting only a single USB-C on the MacBook as it's only source of charge and data is ridiculous. 

kpom said:

davgreg said:

The question I have regarding USB C is who signed off on this dumpster fire. Were Steve Jobs alive he would not OK the mess cables and dongles have become on Apple devices.

Steve Jobs is the guy who dropped every legacy port from the original iMac in favor of USB-A. I’m sure he’d love the all-Thunderbolt 3-design of the MacBook Pro, and the single-port MacBook. Perhaps he’d have commissioned a better Apple hub, though, as well as a MagSafe-like charging cable. Fortunately, the third party market seems to be catching up (finally). 

Yes he did however he didn't drop every other input source at once. Still had optical drive. Also this was a desktop machine. Hubs and dongles aren't such a big deal. On a laptop designed to be portable adding the need for dongles which one may forget and is then up a creek is a bigger issue. Data ports aside getting rid of the video HDMI and Mini DV is even worse. I don't know if a single projector or presentation TV monitor out in the business world with USB-C connection.

wood1208 said:

Grab it while still available. We know there won't be another release of 4" screen iPhone SE but 5" screen iPhone SE-X can replace SE and still have place in iPhone lineup. With older hardware, 5" LCD, faceid, lower price; people who like relatively smaller iPhone will buy.

Yes I can just see Apple releasing the new iPhone SEX