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Apple Computing Products:
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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1777148" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>The best way to think about the 4 USB-C ports on the MBP 15 are all USB-C in physical design but they are both USB 3.1 and Thunderbolt 3 spec ports. They can also all be used to charge the MBP.</p><p></p><p>What I'd suggest is getting a good quality USB-C hub, there are some reasonably priced devices out there. Power shouldn't be an issue but that's very much down to the devices you connect. Modern 2.5" HDD/SSDdrives & thumb drives shouldn't be an issue. Those hubs tend to be USB 3 (blue insert). USB 3 is backward compatible with v2 and v1.</p><p></p><p>It's likely that a MBP you buy new will have High Sierra on but maybe Sierra. <a href="https://roaringapps.com/" target="_blank">Roaring Apps</a> have a good site as a starting place for compatibility.</p><p></p><p>The biggest incompatibility at the moment tends to be disk utilities as not all have been updated to handle the new Apple File System (APFS).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1777148, member: 38928"] The best way to think about the 4 USB-C ports on the MBP 15 are all USB-C in physical design but they are both USB 3.1 and Thunderbolt 3 spec ports. They can also all be used to charge the MBP. What I'd suggest is getting a good quality USB-C hub, there are some reasonably priced devices out there. Power shouldn't be an issue but that's very much down to the devices you connect. Modern 2.5" HDD/SSDdrives & thumb drives shouldn't be an issue. Those hubs tend to be USB 3 (blue insert). USB 3 is backward compatible with v2 and v1. It's likely that a MBP you buy new will have High Sierra on but maybe Sierra. [URL="https://roaringapps.com/"]Roaring Apps[/URL] have a good site as a starting place for compatibility. The biggest incompatibility at the moment tends to be disk utilities as not all have been updated to handle the new Apple File System (APFS). [/QUOTE]
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