• kalleboo@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I mean even Apple hasn’t released a laptop without a 3.5mm headphone jack, going back to the Macintosh Portable in 1989†. Even the 2017 MacBook 12 inch that only had a single USB-C port still had a headphone jack.

    1/4th>3.5mm

    Oh wow you need a dongle? Why don’t laptops include 1/4th jacks, there were perfectly fine, industry keeps changing things

    †edit: looks like the PowerBook Duo subnotebook series between 1992-1997 also lacked headphone jacks

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      It’s coming, if phones are any indication. And yeah I need an adapter, it doesn’t dangle like a dongle, it’s a big hole with a small pole on the other end which is much better, afaik there has never been a computer ever that had a 1/4" instrument cable port but most audio equipment does, since I have both it makes sense to have it, whereas “they took away the 3.5 so now I have to go 1/4”>3.5mm>USBC because they also don’t make a 1/4th>USBC anywhere on earth" does not make sense unless you’re trying to sell me something.

      Shocker that specialized equipment requires a specialized cable, I know, but my point is 3.5mm is absolutely not specialized hardware, it is still one of the most common connectors on earth, and as such it should still be supported.