You know—I want to agree with you, but it's not one or the other.
They could've very easily left all ports alone but 1, and replace 1 USB port with an USB-C one.
I bought my laptop for the keyboard—which is great although dirt is a major problem, but I really wish they'd made the thing half a centimeter thicker but with all ports like they used to have.
Like I said, I can perhaps see the advantage of having an USB-C port, but it doesn't justify losing all the other ones. It is NOT and upgrade at all.
Well, for me, I'd rather have the USB-C ports. Eventually, all cables and devices will use USB-C and I'm not one to buy a new computer every year. I want this thing to last me as long as possible and if I have to use an adapter for a little while until USB-C adoption is the standard, then I'll gladly trade that. I don't want a bunch of old ports on the computer that will be obsolete sooner than later. I already had that happen with Firewire and Mini DisplayPort. Especially when it only worked one direction as far as compatibility went.
They could've very easily left all ports alone but 1, and replace 1 USB port with an USB-C one.
I bought my laptop for the keyboard—which is great although dirt is a major problem, but I really wish they'd made the thing half a centimeter thicker but with all ports like they used to have.
Like I said, I can perhaps see the advantage of having an USB-C port, but it doesn't justify losing all the other ones. It is NOT and upgrade at all.