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upd, the result of cable management here:
the complete setup:
I hate it when manufacturers remove useful stuff to make laptops as flat as possible. Sure, some things disappear because time moves on, like CD drives, but WHY do I need to buy an extension cord to connect my laptop to an ethernet cable? It's not just Apple, even a lot of Thinkpads lack a proper RJ45 port these days
well now its all like that not only apple yeah
i have cardreader/hdmi/charge/jack three thunderbolt 4 ports
thunderbolt 4/3 is sosossosos insanely awesome ports, but helll 90% of shit still using usb-a ports
and still 3 ports is very small amount
i don't understand who even wants a laptop so thin it can legitimately cut soft bread, i understand wanting them light but surely you want a laptop to fit your hand when closed???
I'm equally baffled with the insistence on thin phones, are people not holding them? Do the thin edges not dig into their hands??
my ideal laptop format would be a thinkpad x220t with a thinner screen and maybe like 5mm shaved off the body thickness, other than that it's just.. optimal.. (especially being able to actually hold it by the battery, why would i not want to be able to use my laptop while standing?)
Again the thing that actually needs reducing is weight, shrink the internals to a single board and keep the chassis the same.
Wow, the X220t is a thick boi! I tend to agree that weight is a far more important factor than size. Carrying my old laptop around was a pain, I think it weighed around 2.5kg, maybe a bit more? Upgrading to a T480 felt insane. At the same time, I kind of get wanting a slim device. It's easier to fit them in a backpack (even with a protective case), and I'm glad my phone is relatively slim (8mm) because its case makes it significantly thicker. But yeah, this obsession with making things as thin as possible feels weird, especially because smartphones are now thin but have massive camera lenses that stick out
Margins on peripherals are much higher in comparison to the base unit.
That's true, and something I've noticed, too. I just never connected the two things. Especially branded peripherals can be super expensive.
idk unfortunately i’m definitely in the group of people who is fine with a tiny bit of compromise for a bit of thinness, i’d rather have a slightly thinner laptop and a couple of adapters for ethernet/displayport etc
it’s when companies exclude ports when they clearly could have fit them that annoys me, like modern windows laptops without headphone jacks, or when laptops only have micro sd slots when a fullsize sd card reader is essential for using 95% of cameras made in the past like 15 years, probably motivated purely by cost cutting
i don’t use a macbook but a macbook pro with a charge port + 3x usb 4 + hdmi + sd is in my opinion almost the perfect compromise
You know what, that's a good point. Some people genuinely don't need an ethernet port and prefer a slightly thinner device that fits in their bag a little easier. I guess what I'm "upset" about is that it's becoming the default or even the only available option. And removing ports even though they could fit without making the device thicker is incredibly annoying, I agree
Donglelitis sufferer.
My condolences
My dongolences.
DONGLES
why everything is still 90% of time are usb-A, usb-c is so wonderful, aaaaaaaaaa
i hate hubs sooo much
I’m not downvoting you but I looooove my hubs! I got a MacBook Air, first Mac since… 16 years ago? I missed my nice plethora of ports on my old 15” pro, but now I wouldn’t give up the tiny-oscity of the lil guy for more ports. I was mortified at the cost of docks at first (a hundred moneys?! Insanity!) but I found some inexpensive docks with HDMI/USB C/USB A and used Dual Lock to mount them around the house. I made it a mission to make them as clean as possible and I think I did really well!
My home docks are plugged into nice 65W bricks and connect my laptop to power, monitor, keyboard/mouse 2.4GHz, Ethernet, and audio (split speakers and headphones.) It’s magical that one USB-C port can plug so many things in.
My to-go bag has my MagSafe thing, BT mouse, and some USB A-to-C adapters. Sometimes I’ll bring a lil dock. But I don’t find myself needing them very often!
well yeah, its meme post, i hate cheap hubs, but dont have money for good ones
thunderbolt 4 is insane, and very very fun to have dock to it
but i have few dollar "dock" and okay just four ports on one side, which is ethernet, headphones(i prefer todo it directly since seems like audio driver here is very good which can handle my high impedance headphones (its up to 1k ohms i have 260 ohms), charging importantly directly since i dont need usb killer from some hubs (macbook air have problems with it), and one is for any peripheria
well i need name post cable management sux rule !
Fair! My favorite headphones are all below 150ohms, so I luckily don’t need a separate DAC for them. If I did, I would absolutely need a better dock, or worse… Have to plug a second thing in! (My whole goal for my docking setups was to have a single USB-C cable connect as many things as possible, charge at 40w or more, and be as cheap as I can get them)
My actual docks have only got one HDMI port and a smattering of USB-A and USB-C—everything else is taken care of using adapters and splitters affixed to the side of the desks. They look really nice for how much of a mess they technically are!
check upd post! there very nice setup
FYI starting in 2021 Mac’s started including high impedance 3.5mm jack
fck hubs with bright leds
I found a really impressive AIO from Anker, if i needed it I'd buy it (link)
Daaaamn… I have a nice setup I made for myself on each of my desks that does basically all of this, just lacking DP. It was much less money (50 bucks per setup or so, 80 if you count the power brick I suppose) but one single box for everything is really tempting. Thank you for sharing, I’ll keep this in mind!
pls dont send me overinfluenced shit, you can just send link not picture or not specifiend one product
yeah i like anker products, but there fcking problem is budget often they cost like 30-40$, me n my family got much poorer now, so even if i have macbook pro 2021 im poor now to buy things more than few dollars
this arm i was got OEM, by sortting much cheapest
also i got recently expensive headphones, so again i cant spend much on tech
If you're actually looking for a thunderbolt dock, search ebay. They're plentiful and cheap after COVID work from home jobs switched back to in office.
The hp g4 & g5 were the cheapest (35-40) when I was looking but Dell was close on a few models.
Only downside is that most enterprise gear won't have an HDMI port, only displayport
framework is a bit better eh?
framework good, but in my shithole is not officially available and only thru scammers with +200% overprice
also one hub is using blue 2.0 ports ARWARWRARARWARR, and only one is 3.0(why dont use all 3.0 ARWARWRAR)
just get the USB-C to micro USB etc. cables and you won't need to worry about any of this
i trying to use that usually yeah, but there still not enough ports to put everything
GOD I LOVE STUFFING HOLES FULL, I HAVE TO STUFF EVERY HOLE I SEE
Ugh, I'm staring right down the barrel here.
well, three thunderbolt 4 ports is actually incredibly awesome
my grandma 2017(?) laptop, which i used some time too, have only TWO usb 2.0 ports, and only 3.0 type-c, other 2015 laptop have two 2.0 usb-a and only one usb 3.0
atleast there i have up to 40 gb/s thunderbolt 4, charging from any port, and displayport
Maybe get a dock? Or smarter yet don't waste money on a mac and instead buy hardware with actual IO.
donglesss🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
Why have you replied to your own post 5 times?
hehehhehehe, my brain is quite mess now, so its different minutes and different throughts hit
top tip:
edit your own posts, let OP post how they want
fck u! i will block u, also fck u for downvote attack, hopefully blahaj.zone have turned off downvotes, i shoudn't open my profile from other instances since i got much downvotes
for me editing A POST feels uncomfy, since it base which i doesnt like to touch only if there was some typos, comments are continuation of my thread, what the problem continue thread with comments?
Cool, that'll save me some brain cells.
I haven't downvoted you.
Fuck em, post however you want! I feel the brain scatter hard today too aaa
