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The dongle problem is something that's mostly gone away for me. In my home office, I have an Apple "USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter" that I attach to my lapt

The dongle problem is something that's mostly gone away for me. In my home office, I have an Apple "USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter" that I attach to my laptop, and the USB A port is hooked up to a USB A hub. It lets me plug in one cable to attach to my setup. I also have the same adaptor in my bag when I'm working away from my desk. I've never really run into trouble connecting to anything. I really like this kind of setup, but my needs are pretty modest when it comes to the sorts of things I need to hook up.

jon-wood 6y ago
My needs (or at least my wants) are not at all modest, and I wouldn't go back from USB-C without a really good incentive. With two cables plugged into my MacBook it gets: Power 1 43" 4K display 1 27" 2160p display Speakers out Headphone amp out Keyboard Mouse High quality webcam SD card reader Ethernet 8 spare USB ports, most of them USB3 Back in the before times when I travelled into offices for work I was able to sit down at any desk in the office and immediately get access to power, and at least one external display, again by plugging in two cables, and because as a company our IT department has standardised on laptops that support USB-C anybody can do the same, regardless of whether they're running Windows or Mac OS. The transition period to everything supporting USB-C was a bit painful, but I absolutely wouldn't go back to have a hodgepodge of different connectors needed on my laptop.