Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoMicrosoft promises it is 'ending USB-C port confusion' with updated Windows 11 certified programwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-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 · 8 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days 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-up1·8 days agoI imagine it will mean that port 3+ will stay USB-A in many cases
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days 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.