[_nedR]

What if i want to connect an external harddisk? or a pen drive having my work documents? or I want to connect a projector to do my presentation.

Is Apple's logic "that's what you get for having friends or working with people who do not buy the latest apple devices"?

[nardi]

You are ignoring the obvious answer that Apple even said in the announcement: wireless everything.

This is exactly like the removal of the DVD drive in MacBook Airs. "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO USE MY DVDs?!?!?" The answer is: don't. Download things over the network instead.

Same logic applies here.

[ianlevesque]

Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Syncthing, BTSync, Aerofs, and others would all serve this use case.

[Yizahi]

"Waiting to upload 336 files at 3.6kb/s. Estimated time to complete 3 weeks."

Seen such messages right when I NEEDED those files. Also - remember epic KDE failure? When they had corrupted repository and it was perfectly mirrored to 1500+ other repos? And they had to search offline PC with a uncorrupted snapshot?

In general "all cloud" tech is at most 50% ready for use by everyone.

[_nedR]

So the whole world (my office, friends, family, clients, colleagues) should change to suit my laptop?

For a disruptive product to be successful it should not be behind its time (where others are already there) it should not be too far ahead of its time (The technology might not be ready, the people might not be ready to understand the product, etc), It has to be just ahead of its time. I am sorry but I maintain that Apple has overshot with this product. This is not like removing DVD support or even removing flash support, because a lot of the world is still wired. Except for those who are fortunate to live in their own Apple bubble, many of the people who buy this will have to frequently face the frustration of owning such a device with practically no reward (apart from shaving of a few inches and grams off their laptop).