[RKDinOKC]

Have had a Mac since the 512. Apple is continually coming out with new tech and abandoning old. I remember the cries of horror when they discontinued the floppy. And then the CD drives. Am assuming with the speed of USB-C and the relatively cheap new peripherals people will want, it will be a moot thing in 6 months. I've got a drawer with old dongles I never use. Will be interesting to see what is coming down the pipe.

Come to think of it had to go to dongles with the last laptop upgrade to be able to use my firewire 400 devices.

I've heard of photographers being upset with the loss of the SDcard slot to download pics from their camera. My camera can do that wirelessly but I usually just use the USB cable because it recharges the camera batteries while I am downloading the pics.

Back in the early 90's I heard about Apple going to Firewire. This was long before it came out. There was talk of using Firewire for all the peripherals including monitor and keyboard, and also wired network. Seems like that has actually happened with USB-C.

The only place dongles bother me is if I have to carry them with my laptop when going portable.