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does USBC really suck on the new Macbook
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Pro with touch bar no it doesn't let's
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it Dave Taylor here and I want to talk
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about this this is the 2016 Apple
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MacBook Pro with touch bar and I've read
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a lot of different reviews I've had mine
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since the day they were available and
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there's been an adjustment period i ad
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but boy people still keep complaining
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about that USBC connector and they still
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keep complaining that there's no mag
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safe connector for power and everything
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and I just got to say give it up guys
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let it go it's not a big deal here's the
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thing is that there's all these USBC
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connectors and yeah I had to buy some
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new cables and new connectors but
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honestly you know like with my little
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Western Digital external
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drive it's a USB B to USBC this cable
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was all I had to upgrade and it cost me
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like 12 bucks on Amazon the cable for my
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microphone that's one I upgraded so it's
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USBC to micro super easy like n bucks
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and it's a nice long cable you know I
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have I picked up an HDMI adapter okay so
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this was closer to 20 bucks and on some
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of the stuff like the way I get the
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video from my camera onto my computer
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for that one on using the mini USB I
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went ahead and I'm just using one of my
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little adapters that gets me
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USBC not enough all right I have a USBC
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adapter that gives me USB 3.0 and HDMI
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and another USBC so you can use this for
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charging while you're watching TV so
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it's kind of redundant with the other
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one um charging if I don't like the port
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I'm charging on I can move it to the
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other side which is something I've
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certainly never experienced on a MacBook
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before or any computer and so let's be
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candid here is that there are things
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that take an adjustment with the MacBook
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Pro and I use the touch bar but not a
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huge amount but when you're seeing all
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these YouTube videos and you're hearing
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all these people complaining in the
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press and everything about how USBC it's
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such a pain you have to buy all this
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stuff let's be realistic here this was a
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$3300 computer and I've invested maybe
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40 bucks on cables total and now I have
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all the connectivity that I could
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possibly want and it all works fast and
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it's smooth and it's easy and I can take
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other people's devices like an Android
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phone and plug it in and charge it and
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stuff honestly I don't understand what
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all the fuss is about yeah it's a pain
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and wouldn't it be nice if we have you
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know the same old connectors we've
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always had but change comes with a cost
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and the cost is so minimal I mean what's
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$50 compared to $3,300 that's what like
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3% 2% it's tiny and I purchased these
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things and some of these are
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ridiculously cheap like this USBC to
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usb3 connector I think this was like 4
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bucks on Amazon you know just suck it up
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guys if you have or you want to buy one
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of the new Macbook Pros it's a really
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nice machine and if your concern and
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your limitation is oh hang on I have to
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deal with the USBC thing and I'm going
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to be drowning in dongles the reality is
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not really not a big deal bite the
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bullet go to fries go to Best Buy you
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know go on to Amazon and just pick up
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all the cables you normally use and
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maybe one spare adapter one of these
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little guys and then you're good to go
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and you're done and now you can enjoy
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using the machine and in terms of the
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power and stuff I have to say what I
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just did switching the power plug from
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one side to the other turns out to be
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really really nice there are many times
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that I want to plug in on a certain side
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to minimize how far the cable is going
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across and behind sounds really simple
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but you know what it's actually nice so
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this is Dave Taylor please go ahead and
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click the Subscribe button I'll give you
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another update in a couple of months on
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the new Macbook Pro but suffice to say
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oh and actually I have a couple other
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videos here's some other stuff you might
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sign up join my channel and let's go to
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go down the road together yes with our
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USBC and I just you know again just to
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sort of summarize all this is if you're
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interested in this computer take a deep
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breath and just say it's going to come
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with a couple of bucks worth of cable
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investment totally worth it I am happy
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with this machine and I am glad that I
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made that investment so this is Dave
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Taylor and my USBC connectors and I will
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catch you in our next video
