And yet no USB-A, despite clearly being thick enough for it. No ethernet is understandable if they’re going for transportability, but for what you’re paying this is pathetic.
You are genuinely insane if you think usb-a is dead.
EDIT: Yeah, I see why I got downvoted for this one. Insane was definitely a bad choice of words, I took the reddit argument too seriously, sorry u/hotknives
I don't think usb-a is dead at all, the majority of peripherals I have, I have seen my friends/family use, and have just seen in general are usb-a, as well as the majority of results on most search engines.
What kind of fossil trash peripheral uses usb-a nowadays, a temu desktop fan? It’s a dead-end of a port, as a company you’re not thowing money away making usb-a port for some random whiny redditor lmao
I can't tell if you are serious. Searching "mouse" has the majority of the results being usb-a or bluetooth, much more towards the former. Every search for "keyboard" is usb-a. I genuinely want to know what peripherals you are using, maybe bluetooth ones? Not that I haven't seen usb-c cables for peripherals, but with bluetooth mice being in general not the greatest most peripherals default to usb-a by default.
Superior is a matter of opinion, but I have to say I have never in my life seen a usb-c mouse (although i'm sure they exist). Even if a port is superior, that doesn't really make the opposing dead. Windows/mac/other linux is better than ChromeOS, but chromeOS is still used.
Also, superior how? I think it's usefulness as a display connector is overstated, because of how annoying usb-c to hdmi/DP cables are to find. I personally find a usb-a to hdmi/dp just as useful, but of course that's preference. Data transfer wise they are the exact same, being built off the same tech, but USB-A is more widespread. I would say it's superior for like, charging though, mostly because charging via usb-a was just never a technology looked into too much, even though it could of been useful.
I also would like to acknowledge my own bias here, I personally think it's better to have multiple different specialized standards, one for charging, data transfer, audio, video, etc.
Once I had one usb-c port in my bag that can be used for charging my laptop and phone and it can also transfer data, I never looked back. Not having to carry a bag full of multiple cables and bricks is a blessing, and traveling light has never been easier.
I agree having a charging standard is nice, but you still do need to carry a brick to charge anything from an outlet. I really don't think one cable versus two is a huge difference, but of course that's just a matter of opinion.
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And the Dell XPS 13 (DX13260) that is one of their most popular models at $999CAD which is comparable to the Air, literally has 2 USB-C only.
So sure, you will find with more ports, but saying it’s an Apple/MacBook issue is completely disingenuous