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Re:Apple's new MacBook Pro might ditch regular USB ports by laurentdc on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:24PM (#12739273)
> I'd like some kind of reassurance that USB Type-C is going to last more than a couple of years...

heh https://xkcd.com/927/

It's unrealistic to expect a single connector/cable/pinout to last for a very long time. Throughput requirements increase, size constraints do too, mechanical designs improve, etc.

Even Firewire or SCSI looked like "the last interface you'll ever need" 15 years ago.

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Re:Apple's new MacBook Pro might ditch regular USB ports by _9MOTHER9HORSE on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @06:56PM (#12739480)
My IO requirements haven't changed that dramatically in the past six years, and are still well served by a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro.

I've got MagSafe for power, Mini DisplayPort for video out, Mini TOSLINK for audio out, and USB 2.0 for everything else. There's a gigabit Ethernet port if I want it, but otherwise 802.11n works just fine.

I'd like faster data transfer (not that any of my peripherals are USB C compatible yet), but otherwise I don't really understand what the massive fragmentation of connector standards does for me.

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