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> It's actually "universal" now, for the first time in history. You can run anything through it, including power and your 4/5K displays. Well, anything but USB

> It's actually "universal" now, for the first time in history. You can run anything through it, including power and your 4/5K displays. Well, anything but USB 1-3! :face-with-tears-of-pain: Also, all the ports may look the same, even fit the same port, but they're not the same, which is a terrible user experience. All in all, I can say I understand nothing about usb-c with confidence except I don't have any usb cables to stick in the ports and nowhere to stick the usb cables I do have.

josephg 10y ago
> Also, all the ports may look the same, even fit the same port, but they're not the same, which is a terrible user experience. Thats true of some laptops, but the new macbook pros allow any connection (power/display/whataver) to any of the usb-c ports. When I'm lying in bed I can now roll over and just swap which side of the laptop the power cable connects to. (Well apparently the ports on one side of the machine are a bit faster, but I don't know of any USB devices which can take advantage of even the slower speed USB 3.1 provides. I certainly don't own any.)