New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by dan1234 on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:32AM (#12817022)

I think Apple could’ve avoided a lot of the hate if they’d bundled a few of the more common adapters as standard, to ease people through the transition to using USB-C for everything.

If I bought a new MBP today, I’d need:

* a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter at £49

* a USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter (giving HDMI and a USB port) at £69

* a USB-C to USB Adapter at £19

That’s £137 just to connect the things I have currently connected to my 2015 MBP (external monitor, Thunderbolt HD, my phone and a USB->FTDI programmer).

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by ageektrapped on Friday October 28, 2016 @11:58AM (#12817377)

Couldn't agree more. I priced Macbook Pro 15" plus adapters in CDN $ and got sticker shock.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by akramhussein on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:19PM (#12817630)

Did the same in UK. They also bumped the prices in the UK for all machines due to the fall in GBP. Double shock.

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by pulse7 on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:38PM (#12819892)

Did you vote for brexit? ;-)

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by akramhussein on Sunday October 30, 2016 @10:46AM (#12830070)

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Re:New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore by sosborn on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:01PM (#12818133)

This would lessen the blow: http://www.monoprice.com/search/index?keyword=usb-c+adapter

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