Originally Posted by
ScottC
T'is a really twisted world when the purchase of a Digital AV dongle ($79) another video dongle (for VGA at another $79) and a $29 Ethernet adapter are considered normal to make a computer reliable for a business user.
Style over substance as always with Apple.
Not seeing the big deal here...if you're a mac shop at work you likely have AppleTV's on your conference room projectors, so you don't need the dongle. If your company is buying Macs, the extra $79 for VGA (or HDMI, who needs both??) is immaterial, and in reality is already a sunk cost as you'd a bought the thunderbolt one anyway. If you're using them at school or at home, you're probably not spending a lot of time projecting powerpoints, so who needs a dongle?
The only real difference here is spending the extra $19 on the USBC to USB adapter, which most people will likely do for now.
...and if you buy a Surface, you're shelling out for the same Dongles..
This reminds me of the old Windows vs OS/2 days when people compared formatting floppies under the two environments to show OS'2's superior multitasking.
This device will be perfect for me when I travel, and will in reality will likely replace my iPad. Its already caused me to drop about 3lbs from by bag counting the MBP 13" and the power supply that's been left behind.
We'll see how it goes.