Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps
by olyjohn on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @08:47PM
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Apple uses lightning on their wireless keyboards and mice for chargring... I mean, what the fuck! They even came with lightning to USB-A cables, which won't plug into any USB-C Mac. Also it didn't come with a power brick presumably "to save the environment." I literally had no way to charge them. Totally asinine.
Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps
by Milner08 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @04:06AM
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I am pretty sure they come with Lightning to USB-C now. At least the ones included with the new iMac do, and iPhones do so it would make sense for them all to.
Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps
by D13Fd on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:43PM
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I agree about iPhone and non-pro iPads. They should 100% be on USB-C at this point.
Re:Apple Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps
by Kognito on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:22PM
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Suspect at this point Apple doesn’t want to break compatibility with their Lightning ecosystem when wireless charging is probably going to be the future on iPhones.
The most recent non-pro iPad does have USB-C and I expect whenever they get around to redesigning the lowest cost iPads they’ll also move to USB-C.
It's finally, years later, getting merely not infuriating to be stuck with only USB-C ports.
Single port for display + charging is very nice, when it works.
That iPhones and most iPads still don't use it is annoying. Having two kinds of charging cable around, years after Apple went all-in on USB-C for laptops, sucks.
[EDIT] two kinds of charging cable and still needing to buy & carry two kinds of adapters/dongles for everything. Ugh.