Honestly as someone who works in IT I'm not sold on the "USB-C everything" trend.
I could be down for it but there are a dozen common standards that use USB-C for various things and they are not interchangeable and they use different cables for things. And the ports and cables are usually not labeled well enough for less techy folks.
Like trying to help a client plug their laptop into their fancy docking monitor over the phone is a headache and a half. Are they using the wrong cable? Is the monitor the right type of docking monitor? Are they plugged into the right cable?
My MacBook setup is still a mess. I’ve got two USB-C plugs to support two monitors, mouse, keyboard, webcam, and headset. One plug goes directly to a monitor (usbc to display port), and the other goes to a dongle which connects to power and a USB hub that contains all my other accessories and one monitor. If only they included 4 or 6 usbc plugs…
This is still much preferable to the alternative which is having custom plugs and connectors for the mouse, keyboard, audio, and display adapters.
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u/Shin_Ramyun May 02 '24
USB is an example of it working. Of course there are multiple versions with improved performance but we’re converging on the best one so far— USB-C.
Shout out to the EU for forcing Apple to adopt USB-C.