[csomar]

I like the magsafe and the card reader could be useful. But I think Apple should have stuck with the usb-c. Someone should push the standard. USB-C could handle anything (mouse, keyboard, printer, screen, camera, network, etc...). There was a time when the printer, mouse, keyboard and network all had different cables: It was a mess. I also can't interchange these cables. USB-C changes that and it is also smaller and fancier than the USB-A type.

Just the other day, I had to buy an HDMI cable for my screen. That could be a USB-C. But screen makers and graphic card makers are not going to change overnight. No one is strong enough to push the standard too. If anyone can do it, it's Apple. This is, in my opinion, a step backward.

[spockz]

I agree and would love to have everything usb-c. But I’m skeptical that will happen, for one practical thing. Apparently not every usb-c cable is created equal and not every usb-c port is created equal either. (Remember that Nintendo device with an usb-c port that turned out not to comply to the spec?)

If every cable looks the same but one is suited for 240W of juice but doesn’t do data and the other vice versa, maybe we would be worse off…

[InitialLastName]

> (Remember that Nintendo device with an usb-c port that turned out not to comply to the spec?)

Someone needs to be the pedant and say this every time it comes up: It wasn't the Nintendo device that didn't respect the spec, it was knock-off docks and chargers that didn't respect the spec and damaged the Nintendo device [0]. I happen to think that Nintendo's engineers should have designed against some shenanigans by third parties (I do with my USB-C devices), but they weren't strictly wrong.

[0] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/08/heres-why-nintendo-sw...

[IggleSniggle]

I spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to find the perfect off-brand usb-c dongle that would work with my switch (so I can plug it in to TVs when I travel, without needing to bring the whole dock). I am about 80% confident that the dongle that I eventually got wont brick my Switch, as long as I remember to plug in the power first and then the Switch (or was it the other way around)?

Oh yeah, and also, unrelated to the above, I now inspect the tiny grey-on-black voltage information whenever I'm about to plug in a USB-C cable for providing power.

Oh yeah, and also, each USB-C cable has its own special purpose, since they aren't actually interchangeable, as it turns out.

USB-C somehow managed to find the worst intersection of "Universally pluggable" without being a universal standard.

[notJim]

They're not moving away from USB-C, right? It'll still be there, and you'll still be able to charge using it, I thought.

[gnicholas]

Yes, you can still charge over USB-C, but apparently only the 14" model can "fast charge" over USB-C. Both can do so over MagSafe:

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/19/16-inch-macbook-pro-fas...