[fainpul]

I also believe that was intentional. But the reason was the typical Apple / Jobs hubris of knowing better than the users. The desktop looks cleaner with fewer cables, so they wanted to enforce use without the cable plugged in.

I don't have a source for this, but I'm pretty sure I've read something like that a long time ago.

[expedition32]

As someone who doesn't give a flying fuck about design this is exactly what bothers me with Apple.

Computers are not fashion or status symbol they are a tool. Although I do have a "ice" motherboard..