Re:ThinkPads 2020 - X13 AMD - X1 Nano?
by shmerl on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @01:41PM
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They should just have more than one USB-C / USB4 port. Having just one is ridiculous.
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USB-C is USB3, not USB4.
And every X-series Thinkpad has at least two, as far as I know.
In the future USB4 will replace USB-C, so I wrote about both current and future cases.
My E495 has only one and it's rather annoying (since it's also used for charging).
Re:ThinkPads 2020 - X13 AMD - X1 Nano?
by numpad0 on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:50AM
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To this and one above comment, just to clarify to other readers -- USB-C is a connector, can be 2.0 or 3.0 or 4.0, visually identical. There are USB-C cables with only 2.0 support and so on, in fact popular for people who just want to charge their devices.
That’s kind of what you get with E and L models though. They’re bargain models. T and X models provide more ports as part of the value prop.
I’ve seen a few power pass-through docks, though. Might be worth looking into if you haven’t already.
Yes, I'm using such hub, since it's the only way to connect external monitors through DisplayPort when you only have one USB-C available.
https://www.cablematters.com/pc-899-126-usb-c-multiport-adap...