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I and everyone I know who has used single-port MacBooks have expressed frustration with the need to swap cables or use the adapter, which among my family members has broken twice, and not for lack of proper use or storage.

I never really understood why it is better for the consumer to be either inconvenienced or out an extra $70 for an unattractive dongle. It's like if a wedding dowry was a facelift and a boob job, except the groom has to pay for it.

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I own the new MacBook and have been surprised at how little impact the single port has had on my day to day life. I use it for work, and it's actually nice to come into the office and only need to plug into one port instead of the three I used to plug into (power, HDMI for monitor, usb->lightning adapter). I don't understand the outrage over fewer ports, it's an easy trade-off for me given how thin, light and portable this laptop is.

My girlfriend bought one (slightly egged on by yours truly) and LOVES LOVES LOVES it. Although it does disappear in the sofa cushions a bit too often ;-)

In short: maybe you and the people you know aren't the target market. Which is OK, we get it that it doesn't work for you. But the inference that there isn't a market where it works wonderfully is simply wrong.

Well you don't just need the dongle with its generous one USB port, you also need a USB hub to connect to the dongle.

I have the dongle with USB, HDMI and USB-C. I have not hit a scenario where I was searching for another port, and I've had the machine since launch.

Honestly, it's a great laptop and is far more functional than those (who have not used one) are lead to believe. My only gripe is video playback can be laggy with hi-def videos. It sounds like they're trying to fix that problem with the new model.

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