Re:Apple’s dongle problem isn’t getting any better
by calciphus on Monday September 21, 2020 @10:58AM
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I know it's heracy, but take a look at the surface book. Thunderbolt/usb-c (can daisy chain 2 monitors + PD), SD card, magnetic power cord or an amazing dock (same port), two USB-A ports, a pen and removable screen for drawing / retouching, available w/ 32gb of RAM and a 6gb graphics card.
Re:Apple’s dongle problem isn’t getting any better
by vladvasiliu on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:51AM
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Meh, I'm not one to throw the baby with the bathwater so all suggestions are welcome (my main external kb is MS sculpt). I was actually looking around at PCs some moths ago, when the mbp16 came out, and among them the surfaces. But I find Windows gets on my nerves pretty quickly and Linux support seemed sketchy last time I checked (2019). If I had to buy a pc, it would probably be a Lenovo X1E or something similar.
Anyway, my mbp is still powerful enough for my needs and works perfectly, so I'm not really in the market for a new PC (nor mac). I just like to more or less keep an eye on what happens, just in case.
One of the target markets of Macs and especially MBPs is "creatives". Photographers are a part of those. On the MBP 16" presentation page one of the first selling points is that it has a great screen with great colors. The example is a landscape photographer. Of course, you could directly plug the camera in the computer, or have some external card reader, but why bother with carrying more suff?
I agree with the others that thunderbolt 3 is great, and I sure look forward to only having usb-c connectors. On my work computer I love that (it's a pc though). Of course, there's the "right cable" situation, but I suppose that whatever peripheral I buy will have the right kind of cable for it to work. My external monitor does DP alternate mode + PD and the cable that came with works.
That sait, I would miss the magsafe plug, it's probably one of the reasons why my 7 yo mbp is still going strong. I also think they could have left a usb-a port or two, just like they didn't remove FW800 on the first generation unibody mbp.