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0 pointshvidgaard9y ago0 comments

I'm of a different mind. A laptop is inherently portable, and I want wireless.

- No headphone cable, I have bluetooth headphones - No ethernet, I have wireless - No hdmi/displayport, I have chromecast/miracast

In general, I don't want to connect all that much to my laptop. And for the things I want to I'd prefer a universal connector such as usb-c. Make a docking station that works over usb-c where I can connect whatever is on my work desk such that I only have to plug in a single cable and everything is good for me.

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crazy2be9y ago· 1 in thread

You can do both. My point is that most of the ports and features they removed really cost nothing in terms of weight, and so aren't really engineering tradeoffs in a sense, but rather design tradeoffs (i.e. thinner). In the feature/weight space, they are not even close to the pareto optimum.

Personally I find wireless anything to be a persistent pain and not worth the trouble, but since it costs almost nothing to add, I'm totally cool with adding it. Maybe in 10 years it won't suck.

hvidgaardOP9y ago

Only thing that isn't quite there yet is casting of the entire screen. Casting video to chromecast just works. My BT headset just works. Wlan just works.

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