haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agoWhy aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)philip.greenspun.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkWhy aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)philip.greenspun.comhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoBecause most devices primarily meant to connect to a PC out in the wild still use USB-A on the host side. It’s sort of a chick and the egg situation. The real question is why everything new doesn’t use USB-C PD for power already.
Because most devices primarily meant to connect to a PC out in the wild still use USB-A on the host side.
It’s sort of a chick and the egg situation. The real question is why everything new doesn’t use USB-C PD for power already.