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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by fragmede on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:55AM (#38333173)
maybe we can get that for USB-D in 2025 after the Apple magsafe patent runs out
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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by fortran77 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @10:25AM (#38333484)
Microsoft had a magnetic connector on the Surface laptops so I don’t thing patents are standing in the way.
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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by userbinator on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:44PM (#38338517)
Even before that, magnetic power connectors were common on kitchen appliances like kettles and fryers.
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Re:Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021) by JohnFen on Monday November 20, 2023 @12:28PM (#38351079)
Can we just stop changing things up in the USB world for a while? USB-C causes me more headaches than the prior USB incarnations do, but changing these things is itself painful enough that I'd rather just put up with what we have now than change yet again.
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