Re:The next generation of wall chargers
by wongarsu on Sunday December 01, 2019 @07:20PM
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> Computer monitors are most guilty of having some of the biggest power bricks, and I'd love to see them replaced with regular power cables
Dell Monitors have a single power cable (for example this P2418D [1]). Many other manufacturers ship giant power bricks because it allows them to make the screen thinner, and nobody sees the power brick under the table. It comes down to customer preference.
1: https://snpi.dell.com/snp/images/products/large/210-AMUH-mvi...
Re:The next generation of wall chargers
by erik_seaberg on Sunday December 01, 2019 @10:04PM
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I'm fine with a brick for heat dissipation, I just wish OEM bricks came with a label saying which device they're for.
Re:The next generation of wall chargers
by cptskippy on Sunday December 01, 2019 @06:52PM
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> I'm hoping that giant power bricks and those adapters that power via barrel plugs will disappear soon
Laptop makers will never let that happen. My partner and I have had 4 USB-C laptops between us for work from Dell and Lenovo and the Dell 90w USB-C Dock PSU is the only one that could power all 4 of them. Each one complained or refused to boot if a different charger was used. The wattages for all of their supplied chargers were different.
I'm hoping that giant power bricks and those adapters that power via barrel plugs will disappear soon, as I find them to be unwieldy and dirt magnets. Computer monitors are most guilty of having some of the biggest power bricks, and I'd love to see them replaced with regular power cables (the ones that plug into desktop computers), or the monitor be powered over usb-c so any regular 100W usb-c adapter can power them.