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Looks like the aim is that you’d use Bluetooth for those. I know that isn’t what everyone wants and there is that option for corded, but the mindset seems to be for wireless.

I’m not sure how many ports are needed, though I’m sure more couldn’t hurt. This seems less about expansion externally than doing so internally. My MBP with 4 USB-C ports has one that is power + hub (HengeDock Stone) with one of the USB-A ports on it chaining to a USB-A (powered) hub. One other port is used for eGPU and the other two are untouched. Works for me, but I can completely see where this Mac Pro could end up needing a hub attachment for a lot of people.

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That would be fine if Bluetooth worked...

I swear, the old IR wireless keyboards and mice were more reliable.

I’ve been using exclusively BT keyboards and mice for 10+ years ... what’s exactly wrong with them?

I've only had one bluetooth device, a Fitbit, that actually worked with any kind of reliability. From time to time I still have to bang it on the side of my phone to get it to pair back up.

I’m a massive fan of Fitbit devices, they work great. But the same can be said of my Plantronics BT headphones, which I’ve used daily for almost three years, same for magic keyboards, mice and touchpad of different generations. Truth to be told, any cheap device that wouldn’t work reliably (I can think of a few BT headphones in the past) I just tossed or returned when possible.

They always catch me by surprise when they go flat. Also about twice this year my mouse has just not connected for some reason and I have to use the laptop trackpad to fix it. This would be a big issue on a desktop. And if I have to have a cable available to charge it I might as well just have a corded mouse.

The only time I find a wireless mouse to be better is for use with my laptop because its easier to bring to meeting rooms. At home I use wired since it seems all gaming mice have awful battery life. This logitech one I use at work has 70 days which works for me but every few months I have to run around and find a cable which isn't nice to use since usb cables tend to be a lot stiffer than mice cables

I have a BT trackpad. It becomes flaky when there's large amounts of 2.4GHz WiFi traffic.

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