Re:Why do USB-C hubs still have USB 2.0 ports? (2021)
by mschuster91 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:07AM
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> Apple's 2-USB-C-port laptop was literal insanity.
Actually... I do get the idea. 99.9% of the time I only use one of my four USB-C/TB ports, and that's for power. The other 0.1% is when I connect my Android phone for a firmware update (it's rooted, so have to go the hard way) or an SD card reader.
Re:Why do USB-C hubs still have USB 2.0 ports? (2021)
by Groxx on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:22PM
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I routinely have keyboard + monitor + power :| I've done a lot of "unplug power to do something briefly" because of it. And tbh the vast majority of monitors-with-usb-hubs ports I've used have been one of: not worked at all, absurdly slow like <1Mb/s, or provide only like 0.5A of power shared across all ports. They're so, so bad.
I know good ones exist, but offices don't tend to buy those. And I don't really want to drop $1k on a new monitor. Thankfully this is a secondary device, for fixing stuff that breaks from the M1 migration.
Works great. You'll be stuck with USB 2.0 speeds, but it connects to, passes data to, and charges every single dumb device I have with no problems. Mice, keyboard, USB-C headphones, my phone, other laptops that charge over USB-C... and that's all I ever really wanted.
Apple's 2-USB-C-port laptop was literal insanity.