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> note that the iPad Pro doesn't have laptop-class USB-C support much to the annoyance of some people. What would make it laptop-class, other than by adding mo
by adiabatty 6y ago
> note that the iPad Pro doesn't have laptop-class USB-C support much to the annoyance of some people.
What would make it laptop-class, other than by adding more USB-C ports?
- gumby 6y agoIn short, thunderbolt. I suspect they went to the USB Type-C connector (on the iPad Pro) mainly for power delivery and while they got DisplayPort, they don’t have full peripheral support. USB 3.1g2 (putatively 10 GBPs) is the fastest supported; may be ok for an iPad but not really suitable for a non-archival external disk. These limitations are perfectly reasonable for an iPad but not for a laptop. FWIW nothing but a single TB 4 port (not even an audio jack) would work just fine for me, but I know some others feel differently for their use.
- jkestner 6y agoThunderbolt is built on PCIe, which iPhones don’t use except for the SSD.
- ryukafalz 6y agoThunderbolt is almost entirely Intel-only; IMO not having Thunderbolt on type-C ports certainly doesn’t make something not “laptop-class.” By that metric, the most powerful AMD laptops wouldn’t qualify either.
- saagarjha 6y ago> Thunderbolt is almost entirely Intel-only Considering that USB4 will be Thunderbolt 3 compatible, I'd guess that we'll start seeing more Thunderbolt ports soon.