I love it personally. At work I have two monitors, networking, mouse and keyboard all going through one port. So much easier in my opinion.
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That's what I mean when I say that Apple is the worst even ever happened to technology.
Toslink, or what's that?
As long as the bare necessities is available e.g 14" with HDMI, 2 Type C with PD and DP Alt, MicroSD/SD card reader, smart card reader(?), 2 USB A 3.1, 1x 3.5mm jack, 1x ethernet port, kensington and easy maintenance, for me it's enough. VGA connectors (dang those older projectors) can be handled with VGA to HDMI adapter.
My daily device is T14 G1 AMD with dualbooting separate SSD (M.2 WWAN slot used as SSD).
As long as a computer has 4 usb-c ports, I think you’re covered for everything.
Yes we had more different ports back in the days, but most were never used.
Usb-c is way more practical. Still that implies that you have more than 2 Usb-c ports.
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That's the way to do it. I just wish Framework had a better selection of modules available and had more module bays on their laptops.
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If it doesn't have a VGA port, I don't use it.
I'm good with it to be honest. One port that can do it all. Not proprietary.
The longer we keep including legacy ports the longer they'll stick around on peripheral devices
Manufactures won't change until forced. The transition period might be a bit painful, but worth it.
Almost everything I have has a USB A or a DE-9 plug. I don't have a single peripheral that plugs into a USB C port. I don't want to deal with dongles and I'm certainly not going to replace my perfectly good hardware.
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But I already have peripheral devices with older connectors. This just forces me to buy dongles.
Also, USB-C can only "do it all" on paper. In practice you have multiple sockets on any given device that support different subsets of the standard. If you're lucky, the capabilities are printed right on the device or in the manual. If you're unlucky you'll have to figure it out yourself.
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Most things are wireless these days. I only actively use two ports: one for monitor + charging, and another for the second monitor. Mouse, keyboard and headphones are via Bluetooth.
For me the top one works fine for my day to day use. And it takes up less space in my backpack.
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All the people saying buy a dongle are forgetting to mention that dongles stop working all the fucking time. It's yet another potential point of failure that stops ALL work dead in its tracks if it happens.
On the other hand, ports on laptops fail too, so having several USB-C ports that can do basically everything is great for if one or two of them somehow break.
If the HDMI port on your laptop breaks, and the only other stuff you have is 3xUSB-A, ethernet, and an SD card slot, you're shit out of luck if you want to output to a monitor or TV.
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Where is the removable battery? Did ANY Apple laptops have that?
Yes, pre 2013 models had a screwed in battery. I had a 2011 pro that I changed/upgraded the ram, hard drive, and battery myself.
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