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Where does this obsession of making it as thin as possible even come from?

I am pretty sure almost everyone will gladly trade the "thinness" for a few standard USB and HDMI ports.




I used to hold the same opinion as you, but since getting a m2 air I’ve really enjoyed how thin and light it is. It really is a noticeable quality of life improvement. Once you have a decent stockpile of usb c cables the port thing isn’t really an issue anyways


On the Air model? Its whole thing is being light and thin. On the Pro model, sure.


Macbooks have been USB-C for 10 years. All my devices have been replaced since then. USB-C is the standard USB port.


That's what the MBP product line is for. More ports and performance for more expense and weight/size.

I know it seems like a champagne problem but the Pro really can get annoyingly heavy when traveling and the Air is dreamy how light it is.


> I am pretty sure almost everyone will gladly trade the "thinness" for a few standard USB and HDMI ports.

I think there’s a lot of people that want something as light and thin as possible to slip into your purse and take to the cafe.


Light, sure. Thin?

I have never seen any instance where a laptop's thinness ended up factoring in ease of portability.


I care more about total mass than thinness. But those things tend to be correlated.


I doubt a few ports can add any significant weight difference to it.


USB-C is objectively better than USB-A in every way, and quite massively so.

Technology makes progress. Do you want a COM port?


Steve Jobs.




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