Originally Posted By: mlord
Basically, it's an attempt by Apple to make their notebooks even more difficult to connect things to, by requiring even more external conversion dongles to make up for the lack of real, compatible interfaces built-in. smile

Well, let me know when you come up with that magical space bending tech that allows VGA, DVI, HDMI, and 6 ExpressCard slots (for PCIe expansion) to be packed into a 13 inch laptop. smile This was the best way Apple and Intel could figure out how to do it. Now to see if others adopt it, or if this turns into another Firewire, relegated to the high end of the market only.