Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
by moffkalast on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @06:15AM
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You seriously never needed to plug in a plain common USB-A flash drive or any other peripheral? Or flash an sd card or anything of the sort? Interesting.
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Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
by gumby on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @08:29AM
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Nope. I pass data around over the network, either via cloud or P2P. If I plug into an external display I use BT kbd/trackpad. And I do have a waterproof/shockproof camera with an SD card but I don’t use it every day, or even every week; I use my phone.
Flash drive? Hardly ever used one; networking existed before they were invented.
Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
by SOLAR_FIELDS on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @10:38PM
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Yes, but so rarely does that use case actually happen. It has been fine with a dongle and not ever been a space issue. I carry a USB-C to A dongle with me at all times wherever my laptop goes. It basically lives with the laptop. Works just fine for every use case I have and it’s often the thing taking up my second slot. A bit annoying, but a fact of life. All SD card stuff happens on my desktop - anytime I need an SD card to connect to a computer I’m always at home - I’ve never once had that requirement on the go. External keyboards just don’t get used at all - I paid a bunch of money for a nice keyboard built into my portable machine, in fact one of the reasons I purchased the 2020 MacBook Air was because they got rid of the butterfly keyboard - so I don’t really use external peripherals with it.
Re:USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
by justsomehnguy on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @06:21AM
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Or just an external keyboard...
I'm using a BT mouse explicitly not to bother with a stupid "2.4GHz USB Receiver" and keep one (USB-A!) port free.