They'd probably have to make the laptop thicker in that situation, which I guess they didn't want to do. Most thin laptops have already gotten rid of ethernet ports so USB-A ports are fair game.
in my experience, as someone who used to service computers professionally, apple users have never serviced their own shit and they invariably take it to a "genius bar" (lmao) where the overworked psycho brand loyalist can sell them some shit. it's like taking your 20 year old civic to the honda dealership because the handle for your door broke and the mechanic "must" sell you a whole new door for $900. or you take it to the offbrand guy at Joe Blow's Auto who can hook it up by only replacing the part that is actually broken for $50.
which like, hey, i get it. capitalism gonna capitalism. but jesus christ, so many of them think they are the clever consumer for dropping 5x the price on a fashion accessory that they don't even know how maintain.
I don't buy it. Laptops have had fold-out Ethernet ports for half a decade now, and you can have a USB port that's as thin as the internal "tongue" of the female USB connector if you don't mind the fat side of the male connector floating out there and an extra circuit to avoid connecting power to data if you brush something conductive.
A standard USB A port is 4.5 mm, or just under 3/16". If your laptop is thicker than 3/16", you can fit a USB A port.
The tongue of a USB A port, which can be inserted into a male USB A connector is just under 3/32. Non-standard implementations have literally just been the tongue sticking out, though I've never seen it in a laptop.
usb-a devices are still the vast, vast majority of all USB devices. they should include both kinds of ports
They'd probably have to make the laptop thicker in that situation, which I guess they didn't want to do. Most thin laptops have already gotten rid of ethernet ports so USB-A ports are fair game.
My X1 carbon is about the same thickness as a Macbook pro and it has full size USB.
Ever remove a glued in, inflated battery out of a laptop? Its awful.
in my experience, as someone who used to service computers professionally, apple users have never serviced their own shit and they invariably take it to a "genius bar" (lmao) where the overworked psycho brand loyalist can sell them some shit. it's like taking your 20 year old civic to the honda dealership because the handle for your door broke and the mechanic "must" sell you a whole new door for $900. or you take it to the offbrand guy at Joe Blow's Auto who can hook it up by only replacing the part that is actually broken for $50.
which like, hey, i get it. capitalism gonna capitalism. but jesus christ, so many of them think they are the clever consumer for dropping 5x the price on a fashion accessory that they don't even know how maintain.
I don't buy it. Laptops have had fold-out Ethernet ports for half a decade now, and you can have a USB port that's as thin as the internal "tongue" of the female USB connector if you don't mind the fat side of the male connector floating out there and an extra circuit to avoid connecting power to data if you brush something conductive.
I think most people would mind that.
Those people can just not use the USB A port and carry around an adapter for the USB C port.
But that non-standard design is the absolute lower limit, at just under 3/32". People have stuck USB A ports on business cards.
If your laptop is thicker than 3/16", there's no excuse for not having a standard USB A port.
Huh
A standard USB A port is 4.5 mm, or just under 3/16". If your laptop is thicker than 3/16", you can fit a USB A port.
The tongue of a USB A port, which can be inserted into a male USB A connector is just under 3/32. Non-standard implementations have literally just been the tongue sticking out, though I've never seen it in a laptop.