We were promised that USB-C would solve all our connectivity problems. Instead, I have two USB-C ports on this laptop, only one of which is Thunderbolt, which is worse because they look identical but act different. Also apparently only some USB-C cables support Thunderbolt too.
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Oh gosh I hadn't heard about USB4 at all yet. Is it going to use the same port as C?
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I look at it as: - The goal for 3.0 was to increase the speed an order of magnitude, and set the stage for future increases - The goal for 3.1 was to create a single port to accommodate the need for devices like mobile phones and tablets to work without product-specific adapters
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Replying to @dwaite @rektide
This is the kind of stuff that makes me glad I work in software standards and not hardware standards

Dec 9, 2019 路 1:18 AM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk @rektide
Yes but don't forget, the hardware people all expect their defects to be made up for in software ;-)
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