In article , Paul
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A later model used 3.3V PCI cards (um...)

so do pcs. so what?

There is a Mac that uses 3.3V *only* PCI cards.

nothing recent and wasn't an issue anyway.

Which is a customer antagonistic choice that
goes against market trends. It makes
it difficult *on purpose* for a customer
to use the slots in the machine they paid for.

nonsense, and most people don't use (or even have) slots anyway.

the vast majority of computers sold, both mac and pc, are laptops,
which are outsold by smartphones.



Like, even today, there are companies
falling all over themselves to remove
the *headphone jack* on mobile devices.
An item in the news a day or two ago, shows
a customer survey was carried out, where
something like 80% of customers used the headphone
jack. So what did the company do in that case ?
Why, remove the headphone jack.

there is a headphone jack, it's just digital.

the reason why the analog headphone jack was removed is because it's no
longer needed anymore and the space, which is at an extreme premium on
a smartphone, can be better used for *other* purposes.

compatible digital headphones are included in the box, which plug into
the bottom of the phone, or the person can use bluetooth headphones,
which is becoming *very* common and overtaking wired headphones.

it's a non-issue.