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Why do Macbooks have SO FEW PORTS?
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:05 AM Author: histrionic becky 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: Drunken sienna hell psychic 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: Razzle-dazzle Bronze Stain Cruise Ship 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: fishy impressive puppy library 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: cheese-eating gay menage 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: Drunken sienna hell psychic 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: Sepia dopamine half-breed 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: lilac cuck (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: stirring chest-beating fanboi 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: Zombie-like brunch deer antler 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: stirring chest-beating fanboi need a parallel port to hook up my LaserJet III
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:27 AM Author: Zombie-like brunch deer antler (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: Lake bateful reading party (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: charcoal mildly autistic friendly grandma (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: histrionic becky 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: Sepia dopamine half-breed 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: Cowardly adventurous principal's office lettuce 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: Zombie-like brunch deer antler 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: charcoal mildly autistic friendly grandma 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: fighting glassy scourge upon the earth hominid (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: Lake bateful reading party 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: Drunken sienna hell psychic 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: Lake bateful reading party 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: Drunken sienna hell psychic damn nice
my 500 free hours are almost up Jfc |
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Date: June 29th, 2025 10:47 AM Author: Lake bateful reading party 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: Razzle-dazzle Bronze Stain Cruise Ship 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: crawly theater 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: Zombie-like brunch deer antler 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: crawly theater 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: dead pozpig 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: spruce coldplay fan 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: Slippery disturbing hospital 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: fighting glassy scourge upon the earth hominid (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: Fuchsia vigorous area 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: appetizing angry patrolman 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: histrionic becky (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: pearl wonderful twinkling uncleanness spot 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: Lake bateful reading party 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: Lake bateful reading party (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: big pearly corner 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: charcoal mildly autistic friendly grandma 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: Fuchsia vigorous area 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: Sick stage 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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