Because the motherboard is tiny and on the left?
replySo presumably the small headphone jack is on a daughter board which could just as easily carry a USB 2 signal.
replyplenty of laptops run cables internally to device ports.
replyI think the charitable read is that Apple wants to minimize confusion by ensuring all usb ports on the device have the same capabilities. A simple USB 2.0 port would be cheap but supporting charging and thunderbolt would add meaningful cost.
replyedit: NVM lol, the Neo only has one fully featured USB port
they do it so that you'll buy a MacBook Pro
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