Why Apple is hitting CMD-Z on the MacBook Pro
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March 2015. Tim Cook takes the stage to show off the then-brand-new 12-inch MacBook. Not Air. Certainly not Pro. Just… MacBook. The first-ever Mac to have a USB-C port, the first-ever laptop. Just… one USB-C port. A force touch trackpad. And… a butterfly switch keyboard. Flash forward to October 2016, and Tim Cook once again takes to the stage, this time to show off the completely redesigned MacBook Pro. It has 2 to 4 USB-C ports. But that`s all it has. No USB-A. No MagSafe. No HDMI. No SD card reader. And no function keys. But, also, that force touch trackpad and butterfly keyboard. And a Touch Bar. The 2-port, entry-level MacBook Pro was pitched as a MacBook Air Pro, something for everyone who wanted a Retina MacBook Air, fully two years before Apple would make an actual Retina MacBook Air. Going all-in on USB-C caused immediate consternation tough. Because dongles. Not for pros, who constantly migrated from VGA to DVI to Dual Link to Display Port to mini to HDMI, from ...