Jarsve
But the point that apple ditch thunderbolt has to do something. Now all those cards is unusable on the new MBP.
Not at all.
The single port MacBook (
simply called MacBook) is a new option, an entirely new product, which places the focus on portability and compact design.
MacBook Pros come in a variety of configurations but usually comprise 2 USB 3 ports and 1 thunderbolt (1 or 2) port.
MacBook Air also come with 2 USB ports and 1 Thunderbolt port.
Clearly, musicians aren't the target audience for that new MacBook, but it has its use I would guess.
At any rate, my experience is that if you have to use a laptop as a DAW, you'll probably want a hub at one point - between the audio interface, the dongles, midi controllers, external HDs and all, you'll run out of ports one way or another.