Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMicrosoft promises it is 'ending USB-C port confusion' with updated Windows 11 certified programwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft promises it is 'ending USB-C port confusion' with updated Windows 11 certified programwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoThat seems like a good way to increase the cost of the motherboard if it has more than a couple USB C ports. That’s a lot of signals to route to every port. I just want the ports to be appropriately marked so I know what functions they support.
minus-squareanamethatisnt@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI imagine it will mean that port 3+ will stay USB-A in many cases
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThat would be nice. I have way more devices with USB A plugs than USB C.
That seems like a good way to increase the cost of the motherboard if it has more than a couple USB C ports. That’s a lot of signals to route to every port. I just want the ports to be appropriately marked so I know what functions they support.
I imagine it will mean that port 3+ will stay USB-A in many cases
That would be nice. I have way more devices with USB A plugs than USB C.