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Re:MacBook Pro by paradite on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:52PM (#12808298)
The USB standard has evolved along the way. It is ironic that you "prefer USB" devices but fails to show support for USB-C ports.

(Edited to be less personal)

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Re:MacBook Pro by untog on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:57PM (#12808404)
Oh, come on. I don't "support" anything, being a fanboy of a peripheral plug variant is a life I don't even want to contemplate.

I'm very happy to adapt to new things, when they offer a demonstrable benefit to me. What benefit does a USB-C keyboard give me, exactly? I don't need the extra bandwidth to transmit keypresses. Why not include one or two traditional USB3 ports alongside the USB-C ports to ease people over to a new standard?

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Re:MacBook Pro by Scaevolus on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:44PM (#12809080)
Unfortunately, there's no height for traditional USB ports! If you look at the photos, the 3.5mm jack is just barely fitting. USB-A is ~4.5mm tall, while USB-C is 2.5mm tall.

Compare these images:

15" new: http://images.apple.com/v/macbook-pro/j/images/overview/thun...

15" old: http://www5.pcmag.com/media/images/483214-apple-macbook-pro-...

I don't really need a laptop to be so thin, but it's a defining feature for Apple's "premium" feel.

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Re:MacBook Pro by izacus on Thursday October 27, 2016 @05:59PM (#12810666)
So make it a 2mm thicker and USABLE WITHOUT HASSLE. So it "just works" no matter where you are!
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Re:MacBook Pro by idlewords on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:08AM (#12813500)
And use the 2mm for more battery.
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Re:MacBook Pro by paradite on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:22PM (#12808773)
> I'm very happy to adapt to new things, when they offer a demonstrable benefit to me.

It takes time before you can see the demonstrable benefit. For starter

- USB-C solves the which side to plug in issue

- It's a unified charging port besides data transfer (one charging cable for all devices in the future)

- It's also a unified display port (one display cable for all devices in the future)

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Re:MacBook Pro by DoofusOfDeath on Thursday October 27, 2016 @04:37PM (#12809790)
being a fanboy of a peripheral plug variant is a life I don't even want to contemplate.

For coming up with that sentence, everyone here owes you a beer.

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Re:MacBook Pro by anonymfus on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:14PM (#12808670)
>What benefit does a USB-C keyboard give me, exactly?

That you can connect it to phones with USB-C without any dongles. Almost all new phones have USB-C. Except one from Apple.

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Re:MacBook Pro by untog on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:20PM (#12808744)
...why on earth would I want to connect my full-size PC keyboard to my phone?
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Re:MacBook Pro by AtheistOfFail on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:47PM (#12809106)
/u/MechanicalKeyboards would like a word with you.
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