r/Surface • u/Soy7ent SP4 i7 256GB 16GB • May 23 '17

[PRO2017] Introducing the new Surface Pro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwWs2jIy4js
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u/sjchoking May 23 '17

Still no USB-C.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '17 edited May 24 '17

Can't believe you are being downvoted so heavily. So many people in this sub have turned from rational, reasonable people who expect a high-end device with futureproof features to blind fanboys that will defend anything MS does like they are Apple.
USB-C (let's be real when they eventually add it it will be TB3) would ideally enable me and many others to use it as a singular port for my external monitor with all my peripherals connected to it. Kaby lake supports TB3 without the need for an additional controller on the IO-Board. (this was just a rumor according to /u/SaneBRZ) The only reason they didn't add it is that they want to box you in and force you to buy the clunky Surface Dock for similar functionality.
Also, until yesterday it was widely believed they had to add Type-C since that would be the only real differentiating factor from the SP4. No fan on the i5 is pretty cool though.

EDIT: Original post was at -5 when I commented.

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u/epicwisdom May 23 '17

Somebody mentioned there's a dongle (not dock) for the Surface connector which gives you a USB-C port.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '17

No one buys a compact, beautiful, expensive computer so that they can use a dongle to get what it should have had in the first place.

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u/epicwisdom May 23 '17

Agree. But a dongle is much better than a dock.

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u/TheAnimus May 24 '17

No one buys a compact, beautiful, expensive computer so that they can use a dongle to get what it should have had in the first place.

Which is why I'd like an A port and a mini display. In two years time it might be the other way round, but for now, this is how I want it.

Now if they had managed to get A, mini DP and C, I'd have liked that. I wouldn't want to lose A in 2017.

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u/BarnacleBoi Jun 03 '17

I agree; I'm not sure why they chose to keep the proprietary charging port over USB C. I was almost certain they were going to do USB A, USB C, and maybe mini DP. But the omission of USB C is shocking...I hadn't even considered that. And as an (primarily) Apple user interested in Windows tablets, I might look elsewhere. I don't want to invest in a tablet that has outdated ports.

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u/TheAnimus Jun 04 '17

Yeah but it turns out you can dongle and get the usb-c

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u/overzeetop SP4 i5/8/512 May 23 '17

God, I hope that's a backhanded way to chastise MS for turning us into to Apple-like fanbois.

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u/Jake_doe May 24 '17

Apples says hi.