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Thanks. So is rudely telling someone that they "went off on some pointless irrelevant rant" and introducing pointless flamewar material in the response before that.

Instead of playing back at them, I guess I'll just post the rules next time.

- "Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face-to-face conversation. Avoid gratuitous negativity."

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It is irrelevant this year. Next year it'll ship on tens of millions of PC's. It's certainly not a deal breaker but it would have been a nice to have this year on a small form factor device.

It also doubles the throughput of the older standard. It's a $1500 device so people who buy it will probably be using it in 4-5 years. I'd rather spend $20 on an adapter cable now and be able to support the better standard next year.

So you'll get it next year then. I don't get why you have to be a prick about it though by saying that Apple or Google are somehow "more progressive" and then turn around and call someone else's response irrelevant and pointless when you just admitted that your entire concern is basically irrelevant right now.

Next year is 3 months away. Who wants to drop $1500 and buy a new device in 12 months?

Because no devices require USB-C yet? Regular USB stuff isn't going to just disappear, so it's really not that big a deal. It's like not having a bluray drive or a 3d-tv screen - nobody cares.

Here, maybe if you hear it from Microsoft?

http://www.techinsider.io/microsoft-usb-c-2015-10

If I hear them talking about USB-C is it going to magically cause 99% of regular USB devices to disappear in three months? No.

I'm sure Surface 5 devices will have USB-C in 12-16 months when people actually start caring about USB-C.