@haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish • 11 months agoWhy aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)philip.greenspun.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up15file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up15external-linkWhy aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)philip.greenspun.com@haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-square@halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoBecause most devices primarily meant to connect to a PC out in the wild still use USB-A on the host side. It’s sort of a chick and the egg situation. The real question is why everything new doesn’t use USB-C PD for power already.
Because most devices primarily meant to connect to a PC out in the wild still use USB-A on the host side.
It’s sort of a chick and the egg situation. The real question is why everything new doesn’t use USB-C PD for power already.