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Link broken. Remove the semicolon. > my experience with USB charging ports is that they always break, and then they're a huge pain to fix, and my experience wi
by NavinF 5y ago
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> my experience with USB charging ports is that they always break, and then they're a huge pain to fix, and my experience with barrel charging ports is that they almost never break, and then fixing them is pretty easy
The opposite for me. I’ve broken a proprietary charge port and had to wait over a week for the replacement. Never broke a USB-C port, but if I did it’d be no big deal since I have plenty of C connectors in my cabinet. I can solder a replacement in 10 minutes.
> So I think of a computer that can only be charged via USB as a piece of cheap trash. Maybe USB-C is different on this axis
Wait are you saying you’ve owned a laptop that charges over USB, but not USB-C? If so that laptop really was cheap trash. Why compare trash with flagship products?
- stormbrew 5y agoUSB-A (or quasi-USB-A) charge ports on laptops were a weird abberation for a while. I had a dell with that, and it's now one of the few laptops I've got that I might never be able to power on properly again because the power delivery over the port is 100% proprietary and the AC adapter for it is busted. I don't think there's ever been a high wattage PD standard for USB-A? Even with USB3. So any version of it was just some manufacturer's attempt to jump the gate on PD over USB-C. USB-C is a completely different ballgame here. It has its flaws but it's nothing at all like that weird little era of laptops.
- kragen 5y agoI've owned many computers that charge over USB but not USB-C. They're cellphones, though, not laptops. I'm sorry to hear about your experience with a proprietary charging port.