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Apple Engineer Talks About New 2016 Macbook Pro

Apple Engineer Talks About New 2016 Macbook Pro

Jason Skidmore
0 HN recommenders · discussed 2016–2023
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About this video

A short comedic video in which a man poses as an Apple engineer talking about the 2016 MacBook Pro. It is a critique of the USB-C-only design.

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HN mentions it mostly as a joke in threads about dongles and USB-C.

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ptaipale · 2016-11 · joke

Just in case you didn't see this Youtube video (El Risitas meme) yet, making fun of Apple's decision: [VIDEO] I think the subtitling is very well executed.

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semi-extrinsic · 2017-10 · joke

Apple is very happy to sell you a $$$$ phone/laptop and then $$ dongles to make it actually work with the other things in the world. This is old, but still gold [VIDEO]

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OscarTheGrinch · 2023-05 · joke

Some smartass engineer should have sold Tim Cook on the docks by rebranding them as dongles. Then Apple would have put out ten different coloured dongle-docks for each new device. Related: [VIDEO]

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