The bottom one costs 2x the top one
Parallel Empires
Submitted 1 day ago by sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I swear the people who decide what ports go onto laptops have never used a laptop in their life. I know now manufacturers would love to just sell you a dongle add-on or two that plugs into your USB-C port and has all of the other useful ports on it you actually need, but even before then… who needed only 1 USB-A and two lightning cable ports? When was Mini-DVI relevant?
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Back in the 90s, most laptops came with a docking station or had options to buy it separately that added any port a desktop had at the time. None of this is new.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Not a real tree.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
I’m a normal dude and with the exception of FireWire, I have used and require each and everyone of those connections.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 21 hours ago
I never had issue with ports on non-Apple laptops. I currently have 2 USB-C (one with DP), 3 USB-A, HDMI, Jack and Ethernet. Pretty good taking into account that there’s plenty of good USB-C dock available so you only need the extra ports when on the move.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I misread for a second and thought you said it has 1 usb-a and 3 hdmi(!!!). For when you need a 4 monitor set up, and a mouse and NOTHING ELSE! Lol
Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
who needed only 1 USB-A and two lightning cable ports?
That MacBook has an additional USB-A port and an HDMI port on the other side
When was Mini-DVI relevant?
In the mid 2000s. DVI offered the advantage of digital signal and support for higher resolutions at a time when most other laptops still had a VGA port. Part of Apple’s option of “premium” technologies. HDMI didn’t really start to take hold until the late 2000s, and Apple eventually switched.
Apple have generally been willing to adopt the more novel / premium connections in their products. Consider the 2016 MacBook Pro - Apple went all-in on Thunderbolt / USB Type C at a time where that was a rather uncommon connection, but in the years that followed we got an awesome array of aftermarket hubs and adapters that also benefited ultrabook users as the rest of tech started to follow suit.
Don’t get me started on the iPhone USB-C port being limited to 500Mbps though.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I know now manufacturers would love to just sell you a dongle add-on or two that plugs into your USB-C port and has all of the other useful ports on it you actually need
I had to get one of these for my previous work laptop.
Aquaphobi@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Idk why yall are talking about this is clearly perpendicular
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
They’re emotionally parallel.
But now my OCD is triggered, thanks.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
Don’t worry igotchu Image messed up the colours because there’s an hdr bug on sharex & win10, someone please fix that
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Man, I still lament their destruction of the aux (headphone) port. They destroyed that for the entire industry.
gmtom@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Macbooks still have a headphone jack.
JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
piefood@feddit.online 15 hours ago
Did it? All of the laptops I've gotten in the past 5 years still have those ports. But I don't buy Apple stuff.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
It’s so dumb. I’m obviously going to keep using non-proprietary headphones. Even if I have to buy a whole docking station with an aux jack.
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i have to deal with this with work laptops where i don’t get to choose, they gave me a thin one without RJ45 plug, and i suppose to be happy it is nice looking and sleek, but i rather it have beefy cooling
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 23 hours ago
jaybone@lemmy.zip 23 hours ago
Yay vim!
What’s that stupid mouse sticker?
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
Pfft. It’s not even 2024.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 1 day ago
I’ve refused a laptop and just use a desktop PC at work.
IT has been to our office recently and collected all the laptops. Everyone has complained that the laptops are working fine and are set up the way they like (Windows 11 capable too). IT says they have a lease contract with HP and the department doesn’t own the laptops, they need to be returned every 5 years for replacement.
I look forward to “old” office IT equipment showing up on eBay. 11th Gen Intel laptops are starting to show up on eBay for £200.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
That’s how every place I have ever worked has been. We are on a 3 year cycle at my current place.
b000rg@midwest.social 21 hours ago
My work laptop has two USB-A and two USB-C ports, and that’s it. And once of those C’s gets used to charge it. Plus, it’s so thin that the battery lasts an hour and a half just idling on desktop. I’m just glad I mostly work on hardware stuff so I hardly ever have to actually use it.
Magister@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Same! Work gave me a Dell laptop, on one side there is a USB-C/TB, on the other side there is 2 USB-C/TB and HDMI. I needed to buy a small usb-c dock with PD, usb-a, second HDMI, RJ45, etc to work with it at home. At least it is easier to unplug and carry.
TheBat@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I use Deck dock at home sometimes.
expatriado@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
no hdmi on mine, usb-c only, i have to use an adapter for presentations :(
cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 12 hours ago
I feel like you should shuffle some things around and make loss out of this.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
At first I was angry when I read this (because I’m sick of loss), but then I thought it’s oddly fitting.
ur_ONLEY_freind@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Someone should make a movie series of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
They’ve returned to fatter laptops with more ports. People did not like those thin MacBooks for a number of reasons.
absentbird@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
The air is still very thin.
Grace_Schlick@lemmynsfw.com 20 hours ago
Air is such a strange device, I don’t know why you wouldn’t get an iPad or an actual work computer.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 23 hours ago
Those book spines are top tier design
Unlike my game of thrones blu rays which have three motifs.
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I miss thicker netbooks. Easy enough to repair most things, and it had every port you could ever want.
I hate the new “ultra-light” fashion. Give me thick, durable, powerful, and ported!
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
I still use my T420 because of the nice keyboard. Something like that plus usb-c would be amazing.
altasshet@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Same! Personal daily driver for 14 years and counting. You might be able to get USB-C via an Express Card? Haven’t looked into it, but those might exist.
evujumenuk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
USB-A, FireWire and that video output converged to Thunderbolt, which also means I can connect several displays to e.g. a 2021 MacBook Pro. The separate headphones and microphone jacks got merged as well. After the whole Touch Bar brouhaha, the card reader and HDMI also made their return.
So the one connector we did lose is Ethernet. Which, to be fair, is a bummer indeed. Luckily, we can easily push a Gigabit over Wi-Fi nowadays.
ebolapie@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
you can push a gig over wifi now, but what’s that going to cost you?
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 day ago
You can push Gigabit Ethernet through USB-C too, so a single USB-C connection will likely be our future port allowance 😇
errer@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
It’s a bummer you really have to mash the RJ45 into the USB-C port now, totally ruins the connector in my experience, but I guess that’s the price of progress.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Copium…
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Ignoring the fact that this is on par for Apple… (Which does tend to disseminate to other brands due to popularity)
The only issue I have is the deletion of the dedicated dock port, which should have less wear and tear due to fewer insertion cycles. (you’d only use it at the office, home or otherwise) The other ports being combined into fewer ones is just part of technological evolution toward mobile efficiency. If you are on the go, whether on-site support or between locations, you aren’t going to be lugging around 2-3 monitors; a printer; scanner; etc. You’d normally want something lightweight and easy to manage, so you can be in and out quickly.
If you don’t move around while working or whatever, a desktop PC should fit all of your connection needs.
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Don’t care. Want ports.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
I cannot remember the model, but I had a notebook once that was flatter than an RJ45 but had sort of a fold-out one. It sat flush with the case and when you pushed it, it popped out and opened slightly. Didn’t seem too flimsy, but surely less sturdy than one entirely encased.
piefood@feddit.online 15 hours ago
Like this? fold-out rj45
Flamekebab@piefed.social 22 hours ago
Laptops used to have parallel ports, what happened‽
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 1 day ago
That crumbling column is actually so cool.