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I don’t see the issue with a 60 Hz display, you’re not getting one for gaming.

But the devices don’t exist in a bubble. Laptops that cost much less get 90 or 120 Hz displays, and similarly priced options get OLED and touch support!

They have thunderbolt 4 ports, which is all you need

Until you need to connect your laptop to an HDMI display and don’t happen to have the required dongle that is sold separately. Or when you have a USB(-A) flash drive, you need a dongle too.

Both of these cases are very common for all groups of people, particularly in educational settings.

Some people prefer shallow key travel.

Fair point actually

but there is absolutely nothing wrong with their laptops other than being a bit more pricey.

Again, that’s the issue.

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remon@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

But the devices don’t exist in a bubble. Laptops that cost much less get 90 or 120 Hz displays, and similarly priced options get OLED and touch support!

Ok, so some cheaper laptops have a useless advantage over macbooks. I don’t care. If I could pay one extra doller to get a macbook with a 120 Hz display, I’d save the dollar.

Until you need to connect your laptop to an HDMI display and don’t happen to have the required dongle that is sold separately.

That’s a feature! Dongles are great. You can connect every single peripheral by plugging in a single cable. I wish they would have stuck to that concept instead of re-introducing obsolete ports on their recent models. 4 TB ports + headphone jack was perfect!

Again, that’s the issue.

But why? No one is forcing you to buy their products if you don’t think they are worth the price. But a lot of people do and we didn’t need to be “tricked”.

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- otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Did you just claim that not having ports is a feature? Lol
  
  If you weren’t being facetious about that, I think you might’ve had too much of that Apple Kool-Aid.
  
  …which is actually probably a flavour of Kool-Aid, lmao
  
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  - remon@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yes, not having legacy ports taking up space is a feature.
    
    I think you might’ve had too much of that Apple Kool-Aid.
    
    Repeating tropes sure is great if you don’t have arguments.
    
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    otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    Yes, not having legacy ports taking up space is a feature.
    
    This is the first time I’ve heard this in my entire life! Thank you for that.
    
    HDMI is not a legacy port; it’s still a commonly-used display standard.
    
    Also, a dongle takes up extra space compared to simply having a port built-in.
    
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  - kobra@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I think your knowledge is a bit dated? MacBook Pros have had HDMI ports since the M1 release in 2021.
    
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    otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I didn’t say they did or didn’t have HDMI ports. The comment I replied to said it’s a feature that you can buy a dongle to get the ports you need
    
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Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I have a MacBook Air that I connect to any of my screens through HDMI using a plethora of sub-20USD USB-C docks that are not made by Apple. I use the same docks for my other laptops. Would I make my MacBook Air bigger to have more ports in it? Fuck no, keep it tiny and put the ports on a SEVENTEEN US DOLLAR DOCK so I don’t need to put the motherfucka on life support every time I want to use my keyboard/mouse/monitor/external SSD/10key/controller/DAC

I plug one cable in and it all works (and charges at 100w!)

If I’m traveling and want to plug in a flash drive but don’t want to use a dock that’s less than half the size of a phone? My travel bag has USB A-to-c (and C-to-A) converters. Plug that wired bitch right in.

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