These flip-out connectors were always the first thing to break on your notebook and would render your only useful connection (modem, ethernet) completely useless.
The Thunderbolt widget is less than ideal, but it fits. Hopefully USB-C will introduce more options with a lower price-point.
Re:96 MacBook Pro’s in one server rack
by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:05PM
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Taking someone else's widget, tweaking it, rolling it out across their product line and claiming to have built it from scratch isn't exactly a foreign concept to them...
Are you going to make baseless accusations or are you going to cite an example we can debate?
Ethernet cables are huge.
I welcome not longer having a gaping hole in the side of my computer. Wifi has come a long way and if people want to use ethernet it can be run through a multi purpose more modern port with a smaller footprint.
Re:96 MacBook Pro’s in one server rack
by roflchoppa on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @10:55AM
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One con to doing that is how relatively large that would be inside the computer. Have you seen the inside of these computers? There is almost no space to spare.
although adding the 3.5mm headphone jack to an auxiliary board was super smart. people keep dropping them with headphones inside.
The rare use is what makes it a problem. It's not worth the investment to buy and always carry an adaptor for that one time you really need it.