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Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by Someone1234 »

If laptops can charge via USB, international travel will be so much nicer.

USB has already made international travel much better (thanks to 90% of your key electronics being USB, and international USB adapters being cheap and reliable, or heck just buy a local one in each country, they're $5/each).

Most laptops have a "brick" which works in most countries, but you still need to find the correct local cable or have an adapter (and frankly some adapters are unsafe/bad). In a future where everything is USB (type-C) which might be 10+ years off, everyone will benefit.

Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by JoshTriplett »

Someone1234 wrote: post #2

If laptops can charge via USB, international travel will be so much nicer. USB has already made international travel much better (thanks to 90% of your key electronics being USB, and international USB adapters being cheap and reliable, or heck just buy a local one in each country, they're $5/each). Most laptops have a "brick" which works in most countries, but you still need to find the correct local cable or have an…

> USB has already made international travel much better (thanks to 90% of your key electronics being USB, and international USB adapters being cheap and reliable, or heck just buy a local one in each country, they're $5/each).

I often travel with just one power adapter, for my laptop, and then I charge my cell phone from my laptop via USB, rather than bringing a separate charger and thus needing a second power adapter.

Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by deskpro »

What I'm excited about here is monitor hubs. You plug your monitor into a power socket, and peripherals into the monitor's USB ports.

You arrive at work, and only need to plug your laptop into the monitor. The monitor hub sends power and data from peripherals to your laptop. Your laptop sends video to the monitor all through the same cable.

Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by jewel »

Someone1234 wrote: post #2

If laptops can charge via USB, international travel will be so much nicer. USB has already made international travel much better (thanks to 90% of your key electronics being USB, and international USB adapters being cheap and reliable, or heck just buy a local one in each country, they're $5/each). Most laptops have a "brick" which works in most countries, but you still need to find the correct local cable or have an…

> If laptops can charge via USB, international travel will be so much nicer.

I got the HP Chromebook 11 for just that reason. It charges with a micro-usb port, i.e. the same cable as android phones. It's nice to not need to bother packing a charger or cable for it.

It's too bad all ultrabooks don't add a micro-usb port just for this purpose (in addition to the normal charger). The current chargers are much thicker than the computer which is annoying, and it'd be nice if you could just leave a charger in your car and suitcase and figure that you'd be covered.

Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by pdpi »

deskpro wrote: post #7

What I'm excited about here is monitor hubs. You plug your monitor into a power socket, and peripherals into the monitor's USB ports. You arrive at work, and only need to plug your laptop into the monitor. The monitor hub sends power and data from peripherals to your laptop. Your laptop sends video to the monitor all through the same cable.

Yeah, that's basically what Apple offers today on their thunderbolt monitors (except those still need a separate power cable). Hopefully we'll actually see a wider adoption of the concept once it's on commodity USB-C instead of the massively expensive thunderbolt.
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