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dan1234 on Oct 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Any...

I think Apple could’ve avoided a lot of the hate if they’d bundled a few of the more common adapters as standard, to ease people through the transition to using USB-C for everything.

If I bought a new MBP today, I’d need:

* a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter at £49

* a USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter (giving HDMI and a USB port) at £69

* a USB-C to USB Adapter at £19

That’s £137 just to connect the things I have currently connected to my 2015 MBP (external monitor, Thunderbolt HD, my phone and a USB->FTDI programmer).

ageektrapped on Oct 28, 2016 | [–]

Couldn't agree more. I priced Macbook Pro 15" plus adapters in CDN $ and got sticker shock.

akramhussein on Oct 28, 2016 | | [–]

Did the same in UK. They also bumped the prices in the UK for all machines due to the fall in GBP. Double shock.

pulse7 on Oct 28, 2016 | | | [–]

Did you vote for brexit? ;-)

akramhussein on Oct 30, 2016 | | | [–]

No

sosborn on Oct 28, 2016 | [–]

This would lessen the blow: http://www.monoprice.com/search/index?keyword=usb-c+adapter

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