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Yes, the new MacBook Pros still have headphone jacks

But the ports don’t make everybody happy.

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When Apple announced the iPhone 7 would be ditching the 3.5mm headphone jack, Apple Senior VP Phil Schiller said “It really comes down to one word: courage.” Now it seems the team’s courage might have run out, as the latest iteration of the MacBook Pros unveiled today has much less dramatic news on the ports front.

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As the Apple leaders took viewers of the live event on a tour of the all-metal enclosure, they expected the audience to be fixated on the four Thunderbolt ports intended for universal connectivity to power, VGA, HDMI, and more. Instead, the world was breathing a collective sigh of relief that the old familiar headphone jack was still present.

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Not that users haven’t found something to complain about anyway: The SD card reader is now missing, as are MagSafe connections for power and standard USB ports.

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But for at least one more generation of laptops, tethered headphones will live on. And in the meantime, Apple will continue to receive endless grief for its choice on mobile.

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H/T the Verge

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