I hope they don't get rid of the sd card reader. But from the leaks it seem they might!
The slot is really useful, especially for expanding the inbuilt storage capabilities. I've got a 2012 Macbook Air with a 128GB SSD, when this got full I stuck a 128GB micro SD card into an adapter which sits in the sd card slot and is completely flush, and totally removable.
Oh come on it's hardly a deal breaker is it. Wireless headphones, job done
Are you serious?
Well, yes.
If the laptop is epic in every way and suited my needs perfectly but the only thing was the lack of a headphone port. I'd buy the laptop and then some wireless headphones. It's really not that big a deal.
If I can afford to spank out for a rMBP I can afford £25 on some wireless headphones.
So what happens to speakers, microphones.
It will have a built in microphone, like all laptops do anyway. And speakers, same as the headphones.
Same as headphones? Buy some cheapo bluetooth ones and make existing ones redundant.
I didn't think I'd actually have to worry about no 3.5mm port but some people somehow actually welcome the idea. Not having one on a phone is one thing but on a laptop.... not acceptable.
am looking to grab one of these in October but am not going to be impressed if the 3.5mm port is disconnected
IIRC on the leaked parts images it still had a headphone jack. I doubt it's safe though; apparently Apple had a question in customer surveys recently about how much usage Mac owners were getting from it.
What was the outcome of the survey?
What was the outcome of the survey?