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A comment on Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack and Other Ports. Parent comment

Re:Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack an... by mbell on Thursday September 15, 2016 @12:52PM (#12507715)
The port isn't the important bit that is added, it's the supporting circuitry and photo diode to drive it that adds complexity to the design.
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Re:Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack an... by DigitalJack on Thursday September 15, 2016 @01:52PM (#12508251)
And the little physical switch in the port that broke on my last MBP. My port got stuck in optical mode.
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Re:Apple Surveying MacBook Pro Users About Headphone Jack an... by kennell on Thursday September 15, 2016 @06:59PM (#12510571)
Mine got stuck serveral times too. Was alway able to fix it with a toothpick.
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