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Why is it that software engineers can understand the idea of software ports and adapters, but collectively seem to lose their minds when the idea of physically
by hyko 6y ago
Why is it that software engineers can understand the idea of software ports and adapters, but collectively seem to lose their minds when the idea of physically manifest?
USB-C is the one port to rule them all, and is here to stay.
- dfcowell 6y agoEvery single dongle I’ve used, without fail, runs stupidly hot and inevitably has random failures within ~6 months (display channels drop out, network adapter disappears, USB devices chug) and concentrating all peripheral load into one port almost always leads to thermal throttling issues (https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find-cause-of-high-kernel-task-cpu-usage https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find...). USB-C isn’t there yet.
- m463 6y agoMy take is that with few exceptions, USB-C is basically for connecting to non-apple stuff. And non-apple stuff is not at the bleeding edge. Apple stuff is basically wireless. A decent apple system that would be helpful instead of courageous would have: a USB-A port, an HDMI port and a headphone jack. Then go crazy with USB-C, fine.