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Originally Posted by Obsidian Dragon
Don't get me wrong. I'd prefer to have 4 TB ports instead of 3 TB ports. Apple can't win here. For a whole generation of Macbook Pro's, all we hear is people complaining about needing dongles and needing a dock for any type of connection. I do see the compromise Apple is offering. If it were up to me, I would add the Magsafe power connector, HDMI output, and SD card reader while keeping 4 TB ports.
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The issue as I understand it is there are only 3 controllers/busses for TB in the current SoC. HDMI is from a bus from the GPU not using TB bandwidth. The fourth port would need to share bandwidth with another. Then there is the issue of space for the port vs. industrial design. If we've learned anything from Apple is that they'll sacrifice functionality for design 9 out of 10 times.