<story><title>The new MacBook</title><url>https://www.apple.com/macbook/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mmastrac</author><text>USB-C as the &amp;quot;one connector to rule them all&amp;quot; is the big news. That&amp;#x27;s the end of MagSafe and the exploding era of USB-C docking stations that work for multiple devices.&lt;p&gt;I think we&amp;#x27;ll start to see an era of expandable computing coming up soon: USB-C is a perfect connector to push your data and state into a larger desktop experience. Why not carry around your laptop in tablet form when you are mobile? [1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://grack.com/blog/2015/01/16/usb-31-ara-are-the-convergence-end-game/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;grack.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;usb-31-ara-are-the-converg...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Finbarr</author><text>Seems like there are some new $79 adapters to split out the USB-C port into power, usb and av[1]&amp;#x2F;vga[2].&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;store.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;MJ1K2AM&amp;#x2F;A&amp;#x2F;usb-c-digital-av...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1L2AM/A/usb-c-vga-multiport-adapter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;store.apple.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;product&amp;#x2F;MJ1L2AM&amp;#x2F;A&amp;#x2F;usb-c-vga-multip...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The new MacBook</title><url>https://www.apple.com/macbook/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mmastrac</author><text>USB-C as the &amp;quot;one connector to rule them all&amp;quot; is the big news. That&amp;#x27;s the end of MagSafe and the exploding era of USB-C docking stations that work for multiple devices.&lt;p&gt;I think we&amp;#x27;ll start to see an era of expandable computing coming up soon: USB-C is a perfect connector to push your data and state into a larger desktop experience. Why not carry around your laptop in tablet form when you are mobile? [1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://grack.com/blog/2015/01/16/usb-31-ara-are-the-convergence-end-game/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;grack.com&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;16&amp;#x2F;usb-31-ara-are-the-converg...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>joshvm</author><text>It also looks like (finally) the complete modularisation of the power supply.  You should be able to have a localised wall cable, power brick and separate USB cable to the computer. In principle this should mean an end to ridiculously overpriced power supplies (currently north of £60). It&amp;#x27;s even more galling given that they realised the cables were so poorly made that US customers have a special return program for fraying while the rest of the world doesn&amp;#x27;t - hooray for litigation culture?&lt;p&gt;The new 29W brick currently costs £40 and the 2m USB-C cable £25.  Typically it&amp;#x27;s not the brick that fails, it&amp;#x27;s the poor strain relief on the laptop cable. Being able to replace just the cable with (probably) an aftermarket product is a massive step up.</text></comment>