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For laptops it's pretty clearly USB-C with DP alt mode, just way too convenient to use a display as a charging hub. Desktop CG manufacturers don't care and it
by masklinn 3y ago
For laptops it's pretty clearly USB-C with DP alt mode, just way too convenient to use a display as a charging hub.
Desktop CG manufacturers don't care and it doesn't really drive sales (NVidia has completely removed it, and AMD's tends to be pretty buggy, it's really just DP over a USB-C port) so you need conversion add-in cards (usually from your mobo manufacturer).
Also display manufacturers, standard connectivity seems to be 2xHDMI 1xDP and a USB-C if you're lucky (with a few cool oddballs providing 2xDP 1xHDMI instead). Pretty hard to do all-USB if that means you can't plug more than one machine to your display.
- immibis 3y agoMany connectors in one. Is the video output the left port or the right one? How about the charging port?
- masklinn 3y agoJust make all ports fully capable?
- immibis 3y agoYou want the laptop to have 8 GPUs just in case someone plugs a display into every port?
- jacquesm 3y agoThat's (1) a strawman and (2) what do you care what other people want to do with their computers?
- immibis 3y agoI think very few people will buy the laptop with 8 GPUs because it will be expensive. It's not a strawman - it's what you asked for. Or what did you mean instead?
- jacquesm 3y agoGGGP did not suggest to add 8 GPUs. That was your invention. They wrote 'Just make all ports fully capable?' which could be accomplished with a single GPU and the limitation that you can only plug a display into one port (or maybe two if your GPU is dual display capable).
- immibis 3y ago[flagged]