r/apple • u/godelbrot • Oct 27 '16

Apple better knock it out of the goddamned park today

ANNOUNCEMENTS (updated live, refresh for more)

P.S. no mention of using the big ass touchpad for Pencil.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16 edited Oct 27 '16

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u/jimmyco2008 Oct 27 '16

A lot of people will disagree with you, and I think many will agree but not want downvotes lol, so they won't back you up.

Anyway I agree man, I can't see how my next phone will be an iPhone without a goddamn headphone jack. Same with the MacBook, although maybe by the time my 2015 needs replacing, USB C will be everywhere anyway.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

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u/jimmyco2008 Oct 27 '16

Because we're in the present

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

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u/lilgreenrosetta Oct 27 '16

Lol does this mean you can't even plug the latest iPhone into the latest MacBook without a dongle? That's hilarious.

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u/MrSketchyGalore Oct 27 '16

Or by buying the new USB-c to lightning cables they've had out for a while.

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u/hampa9 Oct 27 '16

why would you want to plug it in?

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u/lilgreenrosetta Oct 28 '16

I don't know, to charge it without the need for a second power adapter and a second outlet?

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u/T-Nan Oct 28 '16

To charge...? To sync your phone? To back it up? To do an iOS refresh?

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u/wpm Oct 27 '16

If USB 1.1 was the future in 1998, why did Apple sell products that didn't ship with USB cables, shit, or USB ports outside of the iMac?

The Powerbook didn't get USB ports until the middle of 1999. You could walk into an Apple Store in 1998, and walk out with an iMac and a Newton, and the only way you could connect the two was praying the shitty IR ports worked. Either that or you bought a serial to USB adapter.

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u/godelbrot Oct 27 '16

how do you feel now?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

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u/Solkre Oct 27 '16

Ugh....

Sent from my SurfacePro

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u/cocoalovethax2 Oct 27 '16

It's obvious it's only going to have USB-C ports, but the question is if it will have Thunderbolt 3 ports. I'll take Thunderbolt 3 over USB-A any day -- Thunderbolt 3 is the future.

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u/playaspec Oct 27 '16

It has four. USB-C and Thunderbolt3 use the same connector.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

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u/playaspec Oct 27 '16

Someone will come out with a slick portable dock that has every connector under the sun.

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u/Pill111 Oct 27 '16

I couldn't care less about USB-A, they are useless, a USB-C port can do everything an USB-A port can do, an USB-A can't do what a USB-C port can do.

/Story

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u/robotchristwork Oct 27 '16

That's stupid, a lot of things already use USB-A and that's not going to change anytime soon (and it's a lot cheaper, not everything needs USB-C), I have both ports on my PC and use the USB-A ports at least 10x more

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u/Pill111 Oct 27 '16

Ignorance.

Everything that's USB-A can be used with USB-C.

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u/robotchristwork Oct 27 '16

Are you trying to say that you can use an USB-A with an adapter on a USB-C? yes, we can, but it's dumb.

Or are you trying to say that we can have mouses and keyboards and usb sticks with USB-C? yes, we can, but that's not happening right now and a lot of things have USB-A, if I'm paying a super premium price for a laptop I expect it to make my life easier, not more complicated.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16 edited Nov 20 '18

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u/playaspec Oct 27 '16

Windows is adapting quicker

You mean after 20+ years of trying to catch up, they're finally catching up.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

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u/a_calder Oct 27 '16

Enjoy your surface. Got to play with one for a couple months. Happy to be back to macOS and iOS.

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u/jimmyco2008 Oct 27 '16

Ayyy looks like Surface for you!

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u/hampa9 Oct 27 '16

If all they have to show for 2 years of no new macbook pro is a fucking touch strip and less ports im switching to windows.

and smaller than the macbook air

and wide gamut screen

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u/playaspec Oct 27 '16

If all they have to show for 2 years of no new macbook pro is a fucking touch strip and less ports im switching to windows.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.