• dinckel
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    814 hours ago

    I dont know why this is controversial. I’m way more happy with 4x USB-C, than 5 unique ports, that will likely never be used on a regular basis, even when they were relevant

    • @[email protected]
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      1 hour ago

      How about this:

      • 4x USB-C (can’t see why I’d need 4 though, 3 is plenty)
      • 2x USB-A
      • HDMI
      • RJ-45
      • headphone jack
      • microsd

      That should still fit just fine on the chassis if they didn’t do the stupid curve thing, and it certainly wouldn’t make it thicker.

    • Shirasho
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      364 hours ago

      4 USBC would be cool. Most of these devices only have 2 or 3, minus 1 required for power delivery. If you have peripherals a hub is almost required.

      • @[email protected]
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        16 minutes ago

        I do have 4, but except for extremely rare circumstances I only ever use one. A single USBC cable handles an external display, power, plus extra accessories like a keyboard via a built-in hub in the monitor. If you wanted to that monitor also supports daisy chaining another monitor without having to plug it into the laptop.

        Obviously it’s quite a subjective thing, but if you happen to use tools from after USBC was a thing and your laptop routine is pretty established, I think you can get a ton of simplicity and function out of those ports.