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They should've put USB and other ports on the power brick, making it a hub. That would be a good match for the common use case where a charger and a few USB dev
by jimrandomh 12y ago
They should've put USB and other ports on the power brick, making it a hub. That would be a good match for the common use case where a charger and a few USB devices are permanently placed together on a desk.
- qu1mby 12y agoSort of like the old Voodoo Envy power brick w/ Ethernet: http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-voodoo-envys-wi-fi-power-brick http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-voodoo-envys-wi-...
- seanp2k2 12y agoA million times this. Hopefully they'll make one after it's released and people complain, but I'm not very hopeful. At least it's standards-compliant so Hypermac can make batteries for it and other companies can make power adapter + hubs :)
- legulere 12y agoThen they would have needed to supply a usb 3.0 charging cable. I guess one reason why they are using only a usb 2.0 cable is that they want it to be thin.
- seanp2k2 12y agoIANAEE, but maybe it's due to the cable length and signaling requirements of the 3.1 spec when transferring that amount of power. I wouldn't be surprised if you're right about it being the thin cable, though.
- legulere 12y agoYou can get full featured cables supporting 3.1 with power delivery support One example: http://www.belkin.com/us/F2CU030-Belkin/p/P-F2CU030/ http://www.belkin.com/us/F2CU030-Belkin/p/P-F2CU030/