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How does this charge? Looks like it has 4 fully swappable ports, plus a headphone jack. Where does the power go? Do I need to always have a USB-C adapter in on

How does this charge? Looks like it has 4 fully swappable ports, plus a headphone jack. Where does the power go? Do I need to always have a USB-C adapter in one of those slots, and it charges through that maybe? That sort-of defeats some of the swappability though, if one port is effectively unchangeable. Might as well have a fixed USB-C port, since that's simpler and more space-efficient. Or is there another port or something planned that's just not shown on these prototypes?

nrp 6y ago
It charges through any of the four Expansion Card ports, currently through the USB-C card. Part of the reason we didn't use a fixed USB-C port for this is that the Expansion Card path allows for alternate power schemes in the future like magnetic attach, adapting to existing proprietary connectors, or even crazy things like POE.