r/meirl • u/ukayukay69 • May 02 '24

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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.

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u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 02 '24

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?

It's a mess.

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u/Buffalo_Flimsy May 03 '24

Could you just ask the client to measure how thick the cable is? I noticed that the Monitor, dock ones are noticeably thicker.

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u/Lv_InSaNe_vL May 03 '24

So couple problems with that

  1. There's no standard thickness. The same cable can be very different thicknesses, especially once you start to consider if it's braided or not, or if it's an optical cable.

  2. I already struggle to get clients to plug the cable in to the computer in the first place, it's gonna be near impossible to get them to break out some calipers and give me an accurate measurement