I really do think that Apple made the right decision to aggressively push the industry forward into this future - although I would have put an SD card slot in there were I designing the MacBook Pro. And in the short term, you are likely going to have small “AHA” moments where you can plug in a single cable and have neat stuff happen. So long-term, I think USB-C is going to make our computing lives better. That’s not to say that I don’t think that the Lightning connector is superior to USB-C (it is), but as a standard for an ecosystem, USB-C isn’t dependent on Apple’s permission. You can find it, in fact, on nearly everything except the iPhone. In fact, one of the big differences between the dongle on the iPhone 7 and the USB-C dongles is that USB-C is a common standard used by most computer companies - you can find it on Android phones, on Windows PCs, on tablets, and on Chromebooks. That’s not something iPhone users can say. Of course, another reason I like USB-C is that I can use the same cable to charge my laptop and my phone (a Google Pixel). Yes, this requires a dongle, but as soon as I upgrade to a USB-C (or Thunderbolt 3, depending!) monitor, it won’t. When I sit down at my desk, I plug a single cable in to charge my MacBook, drive my display, and connect up to the USB Hub built into my monitor. Same plug for phone, laptop is GREAT.- Dieter Bohn November 4, 2016 If I were a photographer or video director who needs to use SD cards constantly and who already has a cache of hard drives that require different ports, it might be a different story.Īpple's right to force the issue on USB-C. And much to my surprise, I don’t miss MagSafe as much as I expected to. That’s in large part because I am smack in the center of Apple’s target market: I don’t need to plug stuff beyond power into my computer all that often, so when I do it’s not too big a hassle to use a dongle.

And I want to tell you that the #donglelife (yes, it’s a hashtag) is not all that horrible for me, day to day. I have been using USB-C for a year now, on the non-Pro MacBook, so I thought I should share some of my experiences. If that gives you serious pause, I am with you and don’t have any easy answers beyond “buy the dongles and deal with them.” Lucky for you, yesterday Apple relented a bit and slashed the prices on many of its adapters. It is good and right to be unhappy that there aren’t any standard USB-A ports, MagSafe, or SD card slots on these new MacBook Pros. There has been more talk of dongles now that Apple has gone and done it: excised all ports on the new MacBook Pros except one: USB-C.

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