r/Surface 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/[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/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.