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If price isn’t a primary consideration, get a Thunderbolt 4 cable and be confident it will work everywhere, particularly if it’s an active TB4 cable: https://c

If price isn’t a primary consideration, get a Thunderbolt 4 cable and be confident it will work everywhere, particularly if it’s an active TB4 cable: https://chrisbergeron.com/2021/07/25/Ultra-fast-Thunderbolt-NAS-with-Apple-M1-and-Linux/usb-encompased-by-thunderbolt-4-500-cb.png https://chrisbergeron.com/2021/07/25/Ultra-fast-Thunderbolt-...

ksec 5y ago
They cost $30 and still not support 240W. It would be an easier advice to consumer if they were $19.
- zamadatix 5y ago
  > They cost $30... It would be an easier advice to consumer if they were $19. It'd be easier if it were $0 too but what does that have to do with anything? $30 is what it costs to make a cable that can do high speed data, high speed display, and high power. If you want a cable that does all of this it's going to cost more than a cable that doesn't. If you want a cable that's cheaper and doesn't do everything that is also an option. Apart from both options being available anyways this problem has nothing to do with USB standards. > and still not support 240W When the brand new standard actually hits the shelf you'll be able to get a TB4 240W cable, as of now there just aren't any 240W cables in general. Also not supported: USB 6 and 2 kW PD or anything else from the future instead of present. . Type C is an interface specification not a guarantee that you're $19 cable will be compatible everything man could desire to implement in your lifetime.
  - ksec 5y ago
    >Type C is an interface specification not a guarantee that you're $19 cable will be compatible everything man could desire to implement in your lifetime. Except that is exactly what a lot of people think Type C will and should provide. And whether you agree with that they think or not is an entirely different question. My other reply https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29452173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29452173
    - zamadatix 5y ago
      Whether people think it will or won't isn't the question - it's not the USB standards that make this ask is impossible.
MR4D 5y ago
I’ll second this. I follow this advice and have never been let down.
locopati 5y ago
assuming someone didn't slap a lightning bolt on an arbitrary cable and call it a day

ksec 5y ago

They cost $30 and still not support 240W. It would be an easier advice to consumer if they were $19.

zamadatix 5y ago
> They cost $30... It would be an easier advice to consumer if they were $19. It'd be easier if it were $0 too but what does that have to do with anything? $30 is what it costs to make a cable that can do high speed data, high speed display, and high power. If you want a cable that does all of this it's going to cost more than a cable that doesn't. If you want a cable that's cheaper and doesn't do everything that is also an option. Apart from both options being available anyways this problem has nothing to do with USB standards. > and still not support 240W When the brand new standard actually hits the shelf you'll be able to get a TB4 240W cable, as of now there just aren't any 240W cables in general. Also not supported: USB 6 and 2 kW PD or anything else from the future instead of present. . Type C is an interface specification not a guarantee that you're $19 cable will be compatible everything man could desire to implement in your lifetime.
- ksec 5y ago
  >Type C is an interface specification not a guarantee that you're $19 cable will be compatible everything man could desire to implement in your lifetime. Except that is exactly what a lot of people think Type C will and should provide. And whether you agree with that they think or not is an entirely different question. My other reply https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29452173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29452173
  - zamadatix 5y ago
    Whether people think it will or won't isn't the question - it's not the USB standards that make this ask is impossible.

MR4D 5y ago

I’ll second this. I follow this advice and have never been let down.

locopati 5y ago

assuming someone didn't slap a lightning bolt on an arbitrary cable and call it a day