In the long term, a single multipurpose port will always be the winner.Īs for how the ports function right now, they do just fine. Is “Dongle Hell” a real thing? In the short term, yes.
#MACBOOK PRO TOUCH BAR SERIAL#
It's a standard, after all, and just like USB spelled the end of the line for parallel and serial ports, USB-C will eventually be the port to rule all ports, and those peripherals you're clinging to will someday, in the not too distant future, be deemed too slow or feature-poor to keep you competitive. Apple is not the only company adopting USB-C. Removing all those ports was certainly a risky move for Apple, but, in truth, the most you could fault them for is maybe leaping a little too far into the future. The decision to include only four USB-C ports (the entry-level model has just two) caused so much angst and controversy that Apple finally decided to offer pro users a life-saver: steep discounts on USB-C accessories and cables.īut the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar adds another two USB-C ports on the other side. Design languageĪs I noted in my review of the "regular" 13-inch MacBook Pro (with no Touch Bar), this is a smaller (11.97 x 8.36 inch), lighter (3 pounds) and thinner (0.59 inch) MacBook Pro, and part of that trimming process involved shedding almost all legacy ports (save the 3.5mm audio jack). It’s an important strategic shift in the future of Apple’s pro-level laptop line. The Touch Bar on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro is more than just a sexy - if relatively tiny - new touch screen. You see, that's the core benefit of trading in a row of fixed function keys for touch: The screen can be anything and, in the case of the Touch Bar, it pretty much is.
the same model with regular function keys (right). The 13-inch MacBook Pro keyboard with Touch Bar (left) vs.
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