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> cheap laptop with 8gb of ram and using USB 2.0 ports.

A nitpick: there are two USB ports, one of them is a 10GB/s USB 3 port.

Both of which look identical with no obvious markings which is which. I'm sure this will generate no confusion amongst consumers who will have no issues whatsoever with this. /s

"you're plugging it wrong" will become the new version of the classic "You're holding it wrong"

Yes, the Mac Neo will tell you you’re plugging in to the wrong port!

And while the ports aren’t labeled, if you plug an external display into the “wrong” port, you’ll get an on-screen notification suggesting you plug it into the other port. [1]

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47255353

What are the odds the notification functionality was only tested to work with Apple's overpriced first party accessories like 79$ USB cables, and will have countless issues and edge cases with third party accessories?

The odds are probably pretty low.

The notification is hardware based; the manufacturer of a USB keyboard or mouse won’t matter.

If you plug a hard drive into the slow USB port, macOS will let you know.

There have been thousands of different USB devices plugged into Macs since they adopted it in 1998; I doubt there’s going to be problems now.

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