Why aren’t motherboards mostly USB-C by now?::I’m beginning to think that the Windows PC that I built in 2015 is ready for retirement (though if Joe Biden can be president at 78, maybe this PC can last until 2029?). In looking at new des…

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’re assuming you only need USB-C for things where it is uniquely suited, whereas im assuming we want to transition everything to the new standard, so we have one port, one connector, one wire

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      8 months ago

      Its a worthy goal but I don’t see it happening for decades as everything still uses USB-A and again there isn’t a whole lot of downside to the current configuration as long as you have at least one or two USB-C for the tines when it’s uniquely suited.