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I have the same laptop and I'm happy with it, but I'm not happy with the dongle madness that universal adoption of USB C is foisting on us. I also want a reliab

I have the same laptop and I'm happy with it, but I'm not happy with the dongle madness that universal adoption of USB C is foisting on us. I also want a reliable travel dongle for external HDMI for this laptop but the reviews of the units I've looked at are not encouraging. The current obsession with thinness (looking at YOU, Apple) is forcing useful connectors off the main system board onto expensive, unreliable dongles. Yuck.

marsRoverDev 9y ago
I have the VicTsing 1080p USB C to HDMI dongle and it works fine on Ubuntu and Windows 10. The standard dell one doesn't seem to work as well on both (yeah...).
neverminder 9y ago
I don't really understand this adversity towards USB Type-C as a single connector for everything. I was around when pretty much every single device had it's own dedicated port and it looked like a snake nest under a desk until USB came along. Yeah, LPT1 for printer, PS/2 for mouse and keyboard, VGA for monitor, etc. We're in a transitional period now to something better, so some people will need dongles for a while and I don't think it's a big deal.
- khedoros1 9y ago
  I got my first computer with USB in 1999. I used it with a serial mouse, an AT keyboard, and an LPT printer (passed through a Zip100 on the same port, of course ;-) ). I think that my first use for USB came years later, when I'd already replaced that motherboard. I think I might've used a USB->PS/2 dongle at some point, but that was at the back of the computer, and I didn't care. Any memory card besides SD needs an extra adapter, and that stinks. Over all these years, this is the first time that my primary machine is a mobile device (laptop), and that I might have to use dongles with the hardware that I'll be repeatedly connecting and disconnecting as I move around. It's not a big deal, but it'll take time to transition from the last "single connector for everything" to the new one. The only problem I have is the rabid USB-C fans telling me I'm being left behind for sticking with my current hardware for a few more years.

marsRoverDev 9y ago

I have the VicTsing 1080p USB C to HDMI dongle and it works fine on Ubuntu and Windows 10. The standard dell one doesn't seem to work as well on both (yeah...).

neverminder 9y ago

I don't really understand this adversity towards USB Type-C as a single connector for everything. I was around when pretty much every single device had it's own dedicated port and it looked like a snake nest under a desk until USB came along. Yeah, LPT1 for printer, PS/2 for mouse and keyboard, VGA for monitor, etc. We're in a transitional period now to something better, so some people will need dongles for a while and I don't think it's a big deal.

khedoros1 9y ago
I got my first computer with USB in 1999. I used it with a serial mouse, an AT keyboard, and an LPT printer (passed through a Zip100 on the same port, of course ;-) ). I think that my first use for USB came years later, when I'd already replaced that motherboard. I think I might've used a USB->PS/2 dongle at some point, but that was at the back of the computer, and I didn't care. Any memory card besides SD needs an extra adapter, and that stinks. Over all these years, this is the first time that my primary machine is a mobile device (laptop), and that I might have to use dongles with the hardware that I'll be repeatedly connecting and disconnecting as I move around. It's not a big deal, but it'll take time to transition from the last "single connector for everything" to the new one. The only problem I have is the rabid USB-C fans telling me I'm being left behind for sticking with my current hardware for a few more years.