New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
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New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
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Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#2It would be unbelievably cool to be able to walk into an office with a laptop, and only have to roll out a USB cable from the desk in order to charge it. If there was some way of combining this with an ethernet port, all my prayers would be answered!
Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#3It would be unbelievably cool to be able to walk into an office with a laptop, and only have to roll out a USB cable from the desk in order to charge it. If there was some way of combining this with an ethernet port, all my prayers would be answered!
It's compatible with normal USB2.0 and 3.0. No reason it couldn't be offering ethernet as well as power. At that point it does indeed sound quite compelling.
Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#4USB is slowly approaching "single cable" solution. By adding power, USB3 and Thunderbolt are two differentiated solutions moving towards a similar goal.
Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#5I have done research on this topic, it is a standard, not ratisfied yet, and no way your old usb cables can take 100watt power(voltage/amperage), also wall sockets need standards, which is not there yet.
there are other working powered USB implementations available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered_USB
Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
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Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#7It would be unbelievably cool to be able to walk into an office with a laptop, and only have to roll out a USB cable from the desk in order to charge it. If there was some way of combining this with an ethernet port, all my prayers would be answered!
That is the basic idea behind docking stations
Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#820v@5a! Nice! I can't wait to see USB ports instead of the 13.8v ports we currently have in cars.
Sadly my 170w laptop still would need a separate adapter.
Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#920v@5a! Nice! I can't wait to see USB ports instead of the 13.8v ports we currently have in cars. Sadly my 170w laptop still would need a separate adapter.
Unless your laptop is using 170W all the time, you could still charge it using just 100W. Even a very high powered laptop is probably using <10W in idle.
Re: New 100W USB 3.0 Spec Can Charge Laptops
#10This is awesome, being able to charge everything from a single power plug is a total dream. But it'd mean losing MagSafe and I can't see Apple going down that route.