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I don't understand people who complain about dongles. What is the difference between carrying around a corded peripheral, and a corded peripheral with a two-inc

I don't understand people who complain about dongles. What is the difference between carrying around a corded peripheral, and a corded peripheral with a two-inch extension that solves your legacy connector problems?

ocdtrekkie 12y ago
To me the biggest case is going places where I might have an unexpected peripheral need. For instance, it's not uncommon for someone to need to transfer me some files with a flash drive. If I were to buy this thing, I'd have to carry a USB Type-A dongle all the time, just in case. Rather than have say... an extra millimeter of thickness, and the USB port just built right in.
- cweiss 12y ago
  I'm fairly sure it wont be too long before they come out with USB/USB-C flash drives. I've already seen several USB/Micro-USB drives.
  - ocdtrekkie 12y ago
    Sure, but what will be the adoption rate? Do people have to have both or drives with both ports? For how long will you be more likely to see standard USB flash drives than USB-C ones? What will the cost of USB-C flash drives be compared to standard USB ones? All important questions to answer before you walk out the door without a dongle.
  - Macha 12y ago
    How long until everyone you know (include non technical people) upgrade to them? I personally don't carry flash drives around, but I occasionally need to get files from non technical friends who do, and many of them are still using old 128mb or less USB 1.1 flash drives. Why would they go out and buy new ones to fit in certain models of laptop if the limited capacity and slow speed hasn't already gotten them to replace it?