Why USB-C - this is the future, which is not ready now

How it was

Last year, the MacBook 12 has done a lot of noise: a single port, a weak iron, that's all. Apple offered us a step into the future. And not somehow, but through pain and suffering. No magnetic charge, HDMI and USB 3.0. All this It replaces the USB-C, And here and now. I do not like? Wrap the adapters, and you will be happy. Apple's strategy in the spirit, so people are humbled and dubbed MacBook pioneer and a guide to the future. I did these horror stories is not very scary. The laptop is compact, with an excellent screen and a comfortable keyboard (yes, friendly). Thing is, in order to travel with a carry.

One port is not confused, because for a long time keep all the information in the clouds Mouse - Magic Mouse, and connect nothing more. And of course, I was interested in the new port USB-C, which predicted a bright future. A year has passed, the future will come. I tell how there lives.

return the MagSafe

Replacement MagSafe trendy USB-C seems at least strange. To charge it completely uncomfortable and inferior to the magnetic socket bit more than full.

At first, USB-C port is very small, so not to get into it too easy, especially in the dark. We have to crawl plug on the notebook chassis that palatable. If earlier it was enough to bring the cable to the connector, and he primagnichivalsya, now it is a joining process that takes time and nerves.

SecondlyThere is no indication of the charge. To find out, power from your notebook or not, will have to open the lid. This approach is appropriate in the iPhone, which is enough to press the button to check the battery level. But why do the same thing on a laptop?

Thirdly, Watch your step carefully. If you will touch the wire, in 10 of 10 cases MacBook fly on the floor and nothing will save. MagSafe has saved thousands of laptops to meet with the floor, but now the only hope for your care.

In captivity adapters

During the year, absolutely nothing has changed. It mentioned a number of smart phones and laptops with USB-C. And not with one but with two or even with three ports. But what is the meaning? Can be counted on the fingers accessories that support this connector, and the most popular ones - adapters. I would gladly bought a MacBook screen, but it is not. Winter have presented several models from Acer and LG, but on sale I still have not seen them. Many manufacturers have ignored the new connector, realizing that it is too early to abandon the usual USB and HDMI.

What can I say, very Apple introduced USB-C cable Lightning a year after laptop presentation. And then it becomes clear why the MacBook 12 there is only one slot: no longer needed.

This year everything will change

But this year, things will change in a different way can not be. The reason for this will become the new MacBook Pro. The owners of the MacBook 12 can experiment, because they do not need to mount the rollers on the big screen, draw with a tablet. Therefore, the absence of the periphery of disappointing, but not critical. But professionals do not forgive such mockery, so Apple is time to change something.

13 June at WWDC 2016 must submit a new MacBook Pro with just four USB-C. In addition, show a long-awaited update Thunderbolt Display, which, apparently, will be called USB-C Display. Thanks to the new port will not only display images at 5K-screen (namely, a resolution is likely to get a monitor), but also to charge the laptop at the same time.

Yes, the lack of the usual ports will complicate a lot of work, because all the old equipment will be out of work. I think some users will be the last to squeeze everything out of their cars, and most daring acquire adapters and patience. The main thing is that the owners of MacBook Pro is much more than the MacBook 12, which means that producers must have begun to move. For example, I'm waiting for the new tablet from Wacom with USB-C, so how to work through the adapter - it's pornography.

I hope that this year everything will move off the ground, and next year I will not have to write a post about sad misguided expectations.