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Re:New Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available by bilbo0s on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:58PM (#18981396)
>Dell dropped the ball by giving this laptop two TB3 ports and one that only does USB....

That was a serious miss on Dell's part. I'm not sure why they did that?

Makes it a little annoying for users.

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Re:New Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available by wmf on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:06PM (#18981503)
Three TB3 ports would have required an extra controller chip.
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Re:New Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available by organsnyder on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:49PM (#18982010)
Seems like it would have been better to omit the third port entirely, then—or, better yet, put a USB-A port there instead.
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Re:New Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available by colemickens on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:03PM (#18982187)
Having a Yubikey permanently installed, I can say that on the 9370, I don't miss USB Type A ports, but I definitely wouldn't be using this as a daily laptop if it had one fewer (two total) USB Type C connectors.

That would effectively mean I have zero ports free when charging and with my permanent Yubikey plugged in. It's never been an issue in practice, but I also wish that Dell would remove the ambiguity and make them all TB3 ports.

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