![]() But for now, consumers will have to deal with a single-port reality or pick some other new laptop. Those moves are suited to the increasingly normal world of app downloads and Netflix over Wi-Fi.Īpple could reverse itself and add more ports to future versions of the MacBook - as it did when revising its original MacBook Air. When the original MacBook Air arrived in 2008, Apple excised the CD drive and Ethernet port, a choice it carried over to the higher-end MacBook Pro. Nowadays, ADB connectors are a historical footnote and floppies are dead. With the 1998 all-in-one iMac, it ditched its old Apple Desktop Bus connector in favor of USB for keyboards and mice, and more controversially, ditched the floppy disk drive, too. In Apple's debut of the laptop Monday, Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said of the single-port design, "The only intelligent vision for the future of the notebook is one without wires, where you don't have to plug up cables to connect to things."Īpple has a history of cutting off old technology it sees as doomed. ![]() "They're as usual ahead of the curve," Endpoint Technologies analyst Roger Kay said of the pared-down ports and pumped-up wireless abilities on Apple's latest laptop.Īpple, one of the world's largest smartphone and tablet makers, would like you to look ahead. ![]() ![]() It also underscores the unique position Apple enjoys, one where it can make drastic changes to transform the computing industry because, well, it can get away with it. The awkward transition highlights the privilege and pain that comes with being an Apple customer. You'd better get used to it, because the new MacBook hints at the direction the industry is headed as it relies increasingly on wireless technology. ![]()
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