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Why do Macbooks have SO FEW PORTS?
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:05 AM Author: bearded meetinghouse mood macbook air m4
MagSafe 3 charging port
3.5 mm headphone jack
Two Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for:
WTF? no HDMI? no ethernet? no USB-A? why not?
A random Lenovo, Dell, or HP laptop:
2 USB-C HDMI 2 USB-A ethernet
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:08 AM Author: arousing green site coldplay fan you have to go all-in with Apple if you want convenience. the lack of ports on my M2 MacBook Pro is not an issue for me because everything else i have is Apple (AirPods Max, iPhone 16 Prole Max, iPad mini) and USB-C is all i need 99% of the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057809) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 5:19 PM Author: Navy fortuitous meteor This is why I never get into Apple. The "you have to go all in and do what they want" is a dealbreaker. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058635) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:09 AM Author: Pale Fear-inspiring Sound Barrier Cuckold why do YOU have so few ports (ass and mouth)? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057814) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:09 AM Author: nubile out-of-control resort aesthetics. that's literally why. apple is form>function. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057817) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:10 AM Author: arousing green site coldplay fan also trapping you in the Apple ecosystem. too much work required to move off of Apple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057821) |
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Date: June 30th, 2025 8:05 AM Author: outnumbered house lol yeah man, USB-C and headphone ports are vendor lock-in (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49059805) |
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Date: June 30th, 2025 10:41 AM Author: Comical reading party (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49060154) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:14 AM Author: Crystalline abode my main lenovo has - and only has - two USB-C ports.
most of the time one is being used for charging.
i've never found myself needing anything more
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:19 AM Author: pearl principal's office love of her life How long are they supposed to keep this legacy crap around? They don't have VGA ports or serial ports or CD drives either!
Also USB-A and HDMI and ethernet ports are physically large, they probably would have to make the whole laptop thicker and heavier to accommodate them, and 90% of people would never use them. |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:23 AM Author: Crystalline abode need a parallel port to hook up my LaserJet III
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:27 AM Author: pearl principal's office love of her life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057876) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:35 AM Author: Disrespectful church building friendly grandma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057895) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 1:07 PM Author: puce national (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058200) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:32 AM Author: bearded meetinghouse mood USB-A is still more common than USB-C (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057888) |
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Date: June 30th, 2025 8:07 AM Author: outnumbered house USB-A sucks by comparison; both slower communication and can't recharge devices as fast when connecting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49059806) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:33 AM Author: Bull Headed Disturbing Yarmulke Parlor screensharing laptop to the TV is a pita without HDMI (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057890) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 11:50 AM Author: pearl principal's office love of her life You can get a cable with USB-C on one end and HDMI on the other end for $6.99
https://a.co/d/cbYVwVf |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 1:08 PM Author: puce national Get an apple tv and use airplay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058202) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: Provocative indigo location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058350) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:35 AM Author: Disrespectful church building friendly grandma wtf? i need my RJ-45 port to dial into aol, breh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057896) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:38 AM Author: arousing green site coldplay fan what kind of fancy AOL do you have?? dial-up uses RJ-11 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057900) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:39 AM Author: Disrespectful church building friendly grandma AOL 4.0, brother. i just got a CD in the mail (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057901) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:40 AM Author: arousing green site coldplay fan damn nice
my 500 free hours are almost up Jfc |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:47 AM Author: Disrespectful church building friendly grandma ASL? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057918) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 9:47 PM Author: Navy fortuitous meteor https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Legend-of-Bloodninja/id/6934 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49059372) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 7:20 PM Author: kink-friendly big crotch The only reason I got the pro over the air is the hdmi port for courthouses with old technology. the air was awesome and lighter. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49059042) |
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Date: June 30th, 2025 7:36 AM Author: pearl principal's office love of her life Could have just bought this for $5.49
https://www.amazon.com/IIABC-Adapter-Compatible-Pixelbook-Microsoft/dp/B0BZP9XJN5/ |
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Date: June 30th, 2025 7:47 AM Author: kink-friendly big crotch lol damn. I didn’t know usbc did that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49059798) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:23 AM Author: Yellow temple so they can sell you more ports and docks (for a small fee) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057866) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 11:05 AM Author: internet-worthy church TiTcR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057932) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 2:23 PM Author: Twisted effete theater stage hunting ground lol at small fee (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058303) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: Provocative indigo location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058351) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 5:19 PM Author: Titillating field ports and docks as a subscription seevice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058634) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:44 AM Author: Multi-colored market boltzmann dat too many ports (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057911) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 11:16 AM Author: bearded meetinghouse mood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057948) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 11:18 AM Author: Infuriating Public Bath pretty soon houses will be built with no kitchens or bathrooms so contractors can up sell you on them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49057952) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 12:59 PM Author: Disrespectful church building friendly grandma open concept: shit in your living room (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058183) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 1:23 PM Author: Disrespectful church building friendly grandma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058229) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 1:25 PM Author: Slap-happy gunner chad No these will be sold as monthly subscriptions. $20 per toilet per month for unlimited flushing. Kitchen sub with premium options for range and oven. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058233) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 2:24 PM Author: puce national Macsbook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058308) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 5:16 PM Author: Titillating field my iphone has 64GB storage; I can't take any more pictures (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49058626) |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 9:09 PM Author: trip associate boistinker If legacy ports are that important, get a new old stock Macbook Pro 2015, throw in a 2 TB PCIe SSD, partition it, and run whatever operating systems you want (with OCLP if necessary). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49059301) |
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Date: June 30th, 2025 7:31 AM Author: high-end heaven Aesthetics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744331&forum_id=2#49059790) |