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The EU is enforcing USB-C on portable devices
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SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 27, 2022, 05:48:12 pm ---
--- Quote ---If that goal is simply to decide on a common power port to use on all portable devices, then any USB port, in fact, just about any data port, is a poor choice.
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Not at all. A data and power port means there is only one connector, one cable, needed instead of at least two and probably three on some devices. The downside is that there is only one connector, one cable, so plugging in power from a wallwart and sending data to some device, showing the GUI on a display and talking to the network all at the same time can be tricky. It needs daisy-chaining in the standard, but instead we have additional hubs.

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There could be more than one USB-C port on a device...   But they should all support the same features!!!
Berni:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 27, 2022, 05:48:12 pm ---
--- Quote ---If that goal is simply to decide on a common power port to use on all portable devices, then any USB port, in fact, just about any data port, is a poor choice.
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Not at all. A data and power port means there is only one connector, one cable, needed instead of at least two and probably three on some devices. The downside is that there is only one connector, one cable, so plugging in power from a wallwart and sending data to some device, showing the GUI on a display and talking to the network all at the same time can be tricky. It needs daisy-chaining in the standard, but instead we have additional hubs.

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Usually the use case for this is again docking stations.

You get to your desk, set your laptop down and plug a single USB-C cable into it. This makes the dock provide the laptop with power to change it and the dock splits out all the functionality you need like display, ethernet, peripherals, storage etc..  This way you don't need to plug in 2 to 5 cables each time you want to work at your desk.

I do hate the trend of dropping USB-A ports in favor of USB-C on some modern laptops. There are still plenty of peripherals with USB-A that now need a dongle. They also tend to skimp on the number of USB-C ports. You still usually get only 2 to 4 USB ports per laptop, yet other things that used to be dedicated ports eat them up. Charging is now USB-C, HDMI is now over USB-C, Ethernet is now over USB-C. So if it is becoming this one connector to rule them all, do put more of them on to replace the ports that disappeared.
Zero999:

--- Quote from: tooki on June 27, 2022, 04:58:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: madires on June 27, 2022, 03:51:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 26, 2022, 09:49:16 pm ---There's no point in trying to debate anything Apple with an Apple fanboy.

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Most likely cognitive dissonance at work. >:D

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The same is equally true of Apple haters, who cannot look past their prejudices, no matter what the facts of the situation are.

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Good to know I'm in the Apple ambivalent category. There are things I dislike, such as the crappy connector and lack of a headphone jack, whilst I like the user interface and its much less buggy that other products.
PlainName:

--- Quote ---Usually the use case for this is again docking stations.
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That's surely just a glorified hub  >:D
Miyuki:
I just wonder how many cables and connectors it will burn in high power work/gaming laptops
It will be a nice heap of waste  >:D
I'm talking about those 100-200W devices that look to also will have to have USB-C just a little later 

Transfering say average 100W for 8 hours a day
Every little disturbance of that connector will just end up catastrophically
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