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Re:The Frame.work Marketplace Opened by forty on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:50PM (#28855244)
Personally I'd like more external ports. My current laptop have like 2 usb-c 2 usb-a, 1 HDMI, 1 Ethernet, 1 audio jack and 1sd reader, which I find pretty convenient for most situations. I think the 4 internal ports are more than enough, but sometimes just being able to plug more stuff at the same time is nice.

And I would miss Ethernet currently :)

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Re:The Frame.work Marketplace Opened by sleepyxuras91 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:33PM (#28855682)
Maybe just one card with multiple ports in it would solve that problem. I get the design decision but using one usb c port to a singular function does feel wasteful, when you can plug a dock in that has three USB 3.0 A ports, USB C passthough, ethernet, HDMI, SD card reader all into a singular USB C port (looking at my $40 laptop dock on my desk currently for how many ports they squeezed into it!)
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Re:The Frame.work Marketplace Opened by sleepyxuras91 on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @02:41PM (#28855771)
Looking though the community mock ups seemly is considerations around display port and PD when making multiple port modules

https://community.frame.work/t/dual-usb-c-expansion-card-moc...

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Re:The Frame.work Marketplace Opened by ajvs on Thursday October 14, 2021 @04:47AM (#28861890)
You could just use a USB hub if you need so many extra.
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