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From: eastender on 25 Jun 2010 07:32 Is is just me of is it odd that Apple has put all the ports on the left hand side of the Macbook Pros (at least on the 13 inch model I have)? OK for left handers of course but as right hander it's awkward plugging USBs in and a wired mouse. E.
From: Peter Ceresole on 25 Jun 2010 07:37 eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote: > Is is just me of is it odd that Apple has put all the ports on the left > hand side of the Macbook Pros (at least on the 13 inch model I have)? OK > for left handers of course but as right hander it's awkward plugging > USBs in and a wired mouse. Sounds like a workaround for the internal layout. Anne's 15" MBP has the CD/DVD drive on the right, so it probably makes sense to put the ports on the left. -- Peter
From: Jon B on 25 Jun 2010 07:45 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote: > > > Is is just me of is it odd that Apple has put all the ports on the left > > hand side of the Macbook Pros (at least on the 13 inch model I have)? OK > > for left handers of course but as right hander it's awkward plugging > > USBs in and a wired mouse. > > Sounds like a workaround for the internal layout. Anne's 15" MBP has the > CD/DVD drive on the right, so it probably makes sense to put the ports > on the left. Yep, and because of the size, there isn't really room to route a USB port on the right anywhere. Most USB leads now reach without an issue. Early 'pro' mice had a short lead which wouldn't reach the iBooks left port for right handers, but they extended it later on so it'd reach the left ports fine. I've got Logitech & MS mice with stupid long wires which means the left port isn't an issue. -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: eastender on 25 Jun 2010 09:09 In article <1jkn7bs.rox25a1dphp1eN%black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com>, black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com (Jon B) wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > Sounds like a workaround for the internal layout. Anne's 15" MBP has the > > CD/DVD drive on the right, so it probably makes sense to put the ports > > on the left. > > Yep, and because of the size, there isn't really room to route a USB > port on the right anywhere. Most USB leads now reach without an issue. > Early 'pro' mice had a short lead which wouldn't reach the iBooks left > port for right handers, but they extended it later on so it'd reach the > left ports fine. Well, my take is that the optical drive is likely to be used far less than the ports. I've never used it at all on mine. But obviously I use the power lead and the ports all the time and it is more of a fiddle for right handers. E.
From: Woody on 25 Jun 2010 09:50
On 25/06/2010 14:09, eastender wrote: > In article<1jkn7bs.rox25a1dphp1eN%black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com>, > black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com (Jon B) wrote: > >> Peter Ceresole<peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> > >>> Sounds like a workaround for the internal layout. Anne's 15" MBP has the >>> CD/DVD drive on the right, so it probably makes sense to put the ports >>> on the left. >> >> Yep, and because of the size, there isn't really room to route a USB >> port on the right anywhere. Most USB leads now reach without an issue. >> Early 'pro' mice had a short lead which wouldn't reach the iBooks left >> port for right handers, but they extended it later on so it'd reach the >> left ports fine. > > Well, my take is that the optical drive is likely to be used far less > than the ports. I've never used it at all on mine. But obviously I use > the power lead and the ports all the time and it is more of a fiddle for > right handers. Apart from power (which is convenient the side it is for me, but I would imagine in general doesn't matter), I use the optical drive only slightly less than I use the ports, and due to the way I put the laptop on the sofa, it is far more convenient to plug in usb sticks in on the left (for the same reason as the power). I don't use an external drive often, so that isn't much of an issue, and I have never used the firewire or the .. umm.. whatever that slot is! -- Woody |