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I dont know why this is controversial. I'm way more happy with 4x USB-C, than 5 unique ports, that will likely never be used on a regular basis, even when they were relevant
How about this:
That should still fit just fine on the chassis if they didn't do the stupid curve thing, and it certainly wouldn't make it thicker.
I would prefer 10x USB C than that shit, lol
Especially the HDMI and jack are just silly to drop.
There is still a headphone jack, it's on the other side.
Yup, I have a 2019 Macbook Pro, so I'm well aware. But it doesn't have any of the other stuff I mentioned. The new Macbook Pros has most of it, but still no RJ-45.
4 USBC would be cool. Most of these devices only have 2 or 3, minus 1 required for power delivery. If you have peripherals a hub is almost required.
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Just had a look at the prices, I can get 128 GB of RAM for the price that Apple charge for 16 GB of RAM.
I'm tempted to get 128 GB of RAM just because, I definitely don't need it.
It's nuts. Framework marks up their RAM, and it's still way cheaper through them than through Apple, and you can buy aftermarket RAM too.
My next personal laptop will probably be Framework, especially since nearly everything else is going soldered RAM.
I do have 4, but except for extremely rare circumstances I only ever use one. A single USBC cable handles an external display, power, plus extra accessories like a keyboard via a built-in hub in the monitor. If you wanted to that monitor also supports daisy chaining another monitor without having to plug it into the laptop.
Obviously it's quite a subjective thing, but if you happen to use tools from after USBC was a thing and your laptop routine is pretty established, I think you can get a ton of simplicity and function out of those ports.
That's great for a docking station setup. But if all you need is docking stations at home and the office, just get a mini PC/ machine mini.
Laptops are supposed to be useful without a docking station, and if all you have is USB-C you can't even read most thumb drives.
Well I also use my laptop in isolation away from those docked environments, so it is useful.
To be honest I'm not sure I've plugged in a USB drive in the last year, likely much longer. But I do keep a tiny A to C adapter in my bag, so if need be I can easily plug a traditional A connector in. If I were to buy a usb drive today I'd get a USB C or hybrid one.
Having to carry dongles and hubs to connect to devices severely impacts the convenience of a laptop.
You like a little baggy of dongles and adapters?
I've got an external screen that connects with a USB-C-to-C cable to that thunderbolt port.
Finding a cable supporting that is harder though, it needs both Power Delivery(PD) as DisplayPort(DP), and most cables don't support the bandwidth for DP.
All you need is a travel dongle with hdmi displayport some USB-A and ethernet (If you really need that, tho) for me laptop screen on the go is good enough, have no usb-A devices (and those who have are upgraded to C using permanent usb legacy adapter mounted on the cable) and on the go, wifi/hotspot is good enough.
At home, ethernet and USB A are connected through the usb C 4k monitor.