Re: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina

2014-12-12 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
On the left side starting at the hinge is the new style (thinner) MagSafe power connector followed by two thunderbolt 2 connectors, a USB 3 connector and a headphone jack. On the other side, starting at the hinge is another USB3 connector, and HDMI video out and an SDXC card slot. While I

RE: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina

2014-12-12 Thread Faisal ali
: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina On the left side starting at the hinge is the new style (thinner) MagSafe power connector followed by two thunderbolt 2 connectors, a USB 3 connector and a headphone jack. On the other side, starting at the hinge is another USB3 connector, and HDMI video

Re: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina

2014-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hmmm, do you have to buy the dongle? With the Macbook Air I had and one I bought for a friend, a dongle was included and did not have to be purchased in addition to the computer. But I do agree that I would rather have the ethernet port than the dongle if that is what you mean. If you do have

Re: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina

2014-12-12 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I just received one of these machines for my church's secretary and it did not include the dongle. I did buy that for another $26. While there is wifi there, it does not provide access to financial systems and such so she has to plug into the wired network. I think the dongle came up as a

Re: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina

2014-12-12 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Thanks Chris, Cheryl and Phaisal. That's extremely helpful. I too find the lack of ethernet port disappointing, and I had to spend another £25 on the thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor. Andrew On 12 Dec 2014, at 15:10, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Hmmm, do you have to buy the