Almost 5 years ago at Apple’s 2016 October event, Apple revealed their brand new redesigned
MacBook Pro, which had an incredibly good-looking design that was thinner and lighter than the
previous model, and to this day, it still looks incredible, even compared to some of
the brand new Windows laptops out there.
The only downside was that Apple replaced the large variety of ports that we used to
have on the 2015 MacBook Pro with a very simple four Thunderbolt 3 ports which use the USC-C
design.
That basically caused an uproar from the community with people upset about having to buy expensive
dongles that weren’t widely available on the market, since many computers at the time
didn’t even have a single USB-C port.
On top of that, Apple’s beloved MagSafe charging connector was completely scrapped
on the new MacBook Pro, which also made a lot of people upset.
The SD card slot, also scrapped, forcing users to buy adapters.
And on top of that, they replaced the Magic keyboard keys that everyone loved with the
butterfly keyboard that everyone hated.
So what ended up happening was that a lot of people decided not to upgrade to the new
2016 MacBook Pro, and they were literally buying 2015 models instead, even a couple
of years after the redesign came!
Now thankfully, Apple has finally gotten rid of the butterfly keyboard with the latest
MacBook Pros, showing that it was a huge mistake in the first place.
So if Apple is capable of doing a full U-turn on mistakes like the butterfly keyboard, what
if going with a full set of USB-C ports was also a huge mistake?
And the reason I’m bringing that question up is because the latest leaks and rumors
are showing that Apple is having a massive change of heart in terms of the ports, with
them basically bringing all of the old ports back!
According to leaks and rumors from very reliable sources, like Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the
M1X MacBook Pro is gonna be coming with a MagSafe charging connector, which was a huge
surprise to a lot of people.
On top of that, both the HDMI port and the SD-card slot are coming back as well, with
the SD card slot now rumored to be featuring much faster UHS-2 speeds.
And these new ports, including the MagSafe connector, have basically already been confirmed
by leaked schematics that were stolen from Apple in a ransomware attack!
So what all of this shows is that Apple is for sure reviving the ports and MagSafe on
the new M1X MacBook Pros that are gonna be coming this fall.
And now that we know all of that, the important question we have to answer is WHY? And that’s
what I’m gonna answer in the video because I personally believe that Apple has had a
Master Plan in the works for many many years that has finally been accomplished, so let’s
get into that.
Now it might seem like Apple is finally ready to admit that switching to a full set of usb-c
ports was a huge mistake, but I don’t think that’s the case at all.
I did a little digging and I found an old article from 2015 that claims that Apple actually
invented the USB Type C port, which sounds absolutely insane, but check this out.
According to John Gruber, the famous Apple blogger who owns the Daring Fireball, Apple
invented USB-C and then gave it away to be an open-source standard.
But Apple couldn’t really say it was theirs because they didn’t want people to see it
as an Apple port, but as a standard port for every product out there.
And if you want some proof to go along with that idea, Apple was in fact listed as a contributor
for the new USB Type C specification, but they didn’t want to take all of the credit
for it.
And why would they want to do this? Well, if it was called the Apple USB-C port, many
of the stubborn companies out there wouldn't want to adapt it because it would make Apple
look good.
And if Apple made it an open and free standard, people would point fingers at Apple for charging
royalty fees for their Lightning port, but not the USB-C port, which would cause a PR
mess, so they just kept it a secret.
So here’s the next question we have to answer. If Apple did truly invent USB-C, why in the
world would they do this, and how would they ultimately gain anything from it?
Well, we already know that Apple went all out and replaced the previous ports that everyone
loved on the MacBook Pro with just four USB-C ports, causing a ton of controversy and many
upset customers.
So why would they go through years of backlash just to bring those ports back in the M1X
MacBook Pro? Well, here’s where the Master Plan comes in.
The truth is that if Apple didn’t make the bold move of scrapping all of the old ports
and literally forcing people to use USB-C on the new redesigned MacBook Pro, then USB-C
wouldn’t be where it is today, with the entire computer industry embracing USB-C.
Less than 5 years later, basically every single computer on the market now comes with at least
one USB-C port, and Amazon is now flooded with every type of USB-C adapter, cable and
hub that you can imagine, and Apple was hands-down, the company that pushed the industry forward.
And if you really think about it, if none of this ever happened, and USB-C was still
a niche connector, then Apple’s brand new 24” iMac wouldn’t be possible, because
as you all know, it’s so incredibly thin that USB-A ports physically can’t fit into
the chassis. They even had to design a special power cable with ethernet built into the power
supply because even that can’t fit into the chassis.
So Apple literally HAD to make USB-C go mainstream to make the 24” iMac as thin as they wanted
it to be, which is something that sets Apple products apart from everybody else, and that’s
why Apple is so obsessed with thinness.
Going even further, the rumored M2 MacBook Air redesign is gonna be so thin that USB-C
is quite literally the only port that will fit on the side, basically hitting the limits
of how thin a laptop can get.
So yeh, it now makes total sense why Apple would force users to use USB-C
So now let’s finally answer the main question: Why would they only now revive the ports & Magsafe
on the M1X Macbook Pros?
Well, the first reason is that Apple has succeeded in their Master plan of making USB-C go mainstream,
so they no longer have to force users to use it, and their super-thin lower-end Macs are
totally fine with only USB-C ports.
And the second main reason is that Apple wants the M1X MacBook Pros to be the ultimate laptop
for everyone.
And to do that, Apple’s gonna try to make everyone happy, all at the same time, to disrupt
the entire industry and take over a huge portion of the laptop market share.
So they’re gonna bring back all of the ports that everyone loved, like the SD card slot,
the HDMI port and especially the MagSafe charging connector.
They’re gonna pack in the Apple Silicon M1X chip that will outperform basically every
other laptop out there in terms of real-world CPU performance.
They’re also gonna make a huge push into the gaming market by giving it a 32-core GPU
option that will rival some of the best gaming laptops out there while being much thinner
and not requiring it to be plugged in to get all of that power.
And even with all of that power, the battery life is gonna be much better than all of the
other laptops out there.
They’re also gonna pack in a brand new mini-LED display and a 1080P webcam, both of which
people have been complaining about for years.
And on top of all of that, it’s gonna have a new great-looking design with premium build
quality, it’s gonna have the best speakers out there, it’s gonna stay cool, it’s
gonna stay quiet, and it’s gonna be incredibly reliable as well.
So if Apple can fix all of the issues that people complained about to create the ultimate
laptop, then they can do a huge marketing push to grab as much market share as possible,
which will probably be enough to make AAA game developers take Apple seriously again,
which would in turn increase Apple’s laptop market share even more, and THAT right there
is why Apple is reviving the ports & MagSafe on the M1X MacBook Pros.
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