I do it at my desk. Phone, USB cord, and headphones. No need for Yet-Another-Item-And-Cable at the desk. I thought we were getting away from chains and chains of things?
But with the MacBook having just a single USB-C connector, and the Mac Pro requiring lots and lots of external boxes, I guess Apple’s new approach is cables and adapters for all!
PS: I use the USB port on planes all the time, to charge my phone. It’s great for my monthly flights to Hong Kong, where I can read and listen to music for 14-15 hours straight and arrive with a fully-charged battery. No need to break out lots of little parts - one cable, one headphone - done.
Do YOU use a MacBook or a Mac Pro so you can tell us how inconvenient they are?
I know you don't. I'm typing on a MacBook right now, and I have a MacPro at my office. For my MacBook when I sit at my desk, I have a single connector that goes to a dock with multiple jacks for Ethernet, multiple USB ports, three more USB-C ports, two Thunderbolt ports, a mini-video port, and a card reader.
Why would I need to plug in multiple cables into my notebook when I put it on my desk when can simply plug in one single connection which does it all? Again, you are complaining about something YOU DO NOT USE and telling us, who do use it how crippled we are for using it. . . when we are not at all crippled and in fact find it quite useful and well thought out.
The Mac Pro at the office is connected to our Three Dimensional Panorex X-ray machine and drives a complex process of converting approximately 360 individual CT scans into a color 3D scan of a patient's head, including soft tissue. It's attached to two Ethernet networks, the Panorex, a keyboard, mouse, monitor, and a 15 terabyte (5X3TB) RAID array to store the images and backups. However, the Mac Pro, has connectivity available to connect to a total of 96 separate devices if I needed it to, including eight 30" HD monitors.
The total space that Mac Pro requires, including the RAID Array, (not including the $160,000 Panorex Machine), is approximately 6.6" W x 9" H x ~12" D. It replaced an old Mac Pro tower that took up 8.1" W x 20.1" H x 20" D, The new Mac Pro is totally silent in operation while the old one could sound quite loud when all the fans were running.
BUT YOU ARE IGNORANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T USE EITHER OF THESE, BUT YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TO SHOW US HOW MUCH YOU DON'T KNOW BY SOUNDING OFF ABOUT SOMETHING YOU JUST HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT FROM SOMEONE JUST AS IGNORANT AS YOU! Whew. Got that off my chest.