The gripe seems to be more with the price rather than the lack of a cable per se. Since they sell the cables too.
Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
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Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#12It seems obvious that Apple is trying to reach iPhone-like levels of gross margin in the Mac lineup. Prices of the new Macbook Pros are getting ridiculous.
I'm pretty sure that's why they are getting out of the display business; they wouldn't be able to sustain their ridiculous margins, so they leave that part to someone else.
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#13The gripe seems to be more with the price rather than the lack of a cable per se. Since they sell the cables too.
I suspect one purpose of the gripe is to embed lots of amazon links.
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#14Is there a reason why the power adapter wouldn't include a USB-C cable? Can it be used without it? Does the power adapter work with older Macs using a different cable? I'm not trying to forgive apple, I'm trying to understand why/how a decision like this could be made.
My only guess is they figure you can take the cable with you. Assuming the wall wart is easy to access to plug and unplug.
If you bother wrapping up your cable to stuff it in your bag, you might as well put the brick in too.
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#15Two complete power supplies for a MacBook Pro cost more than the ThinkPad my dad is running Creative Cloud and Visual Studio and whatever else on. With huge financial jump in the barrier of entry with these MacBook Pros, and with my Mac Mini no longer being supported with this release of mac OS why would I (and I suppose many others) still want to touch the Mac ecosystem with even a ten-foot pole? I think Apple is pu…
Macs sure are pricy.
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#16According to around 1:50 of https://youtu.be/zkOKtwiceVw, Apple hid the extension cable inside the box underneath everything else.
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#17They should just rebrand to Apple Accessories co. at this point, because the level of greed is unprecedented.
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#18According to around 1:50 of https://youtu.be/zkOKtwiceVw , Apple hid the extension cable inside the box underneath everything else.
Whoa whoa whoa that's awful packaging design
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#19Is there a reason why the power adapter wouldn't include a USB-C cable? Can it be used without it? Does the power adapter work with older Macs using a different cable? I'm not trying to forgive apple, I'm trying to understand why/how a decision like this could be made.
Perhaps most people who buy an adapter do it to replace an old one, so you can use the old cable.
I prefer things modular like this. It lets me re-use / buy the right length cable for the use-case. The only problem I see is the price here.
Re: Apple selling a $79 MacBook Pro power adapter without a USB-C cable goes too far
#20According to around 1:50 of https://youtu.be/zkOKtwiceVw , Apple hid the extension cable inside the box underneath everything else.
Not sure if that was a joke...