Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by pdpi on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:40PM
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Apple isn't trying to push a dongle ecosystem. they're trying to push a "thunderbolt/usb-c for everything" ecosystem. In typical Apple fashion, they're willing to be pretty radical about it on the computers themselves, and let donglepocalypse be a side effect.
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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by gnicholas on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:07PM
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And at the same time, their non-pro machines come with only one spare (not for power) USB-C port. If they loaded up their machines with them across the board, this would be less of an issue.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by dec0dedab0de on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:13PM
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You can use the power port to connect a dongle too. I have two dongles that have multiple interfaces, as well as a power passthrough so I could connect my power to either one of them. Though I don't use either because my usb-c monitor powers the MacBook.