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Today’s kids don’t have to worry about turning off your PC before you can unplug your mouse or keyboard
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I spent two hours today explaining the difference between USBC plugs meaning USB 3 — USB 3.1, USB 3.2, and thunderbolt 4,and the differences between all of that, and how they would affect the performance when my buddy was shopping for an external drive bay enclosure. (You bought a server with TB4 ports, get that TB4 enclosure! Those drives are set up in parallel, so let’s eat that speed!)
I literally had to explain the differences to him for two hours. Not because he was stupid, but because it’s absurdly complicated.
Similar thing with my sister recently ... her work laptop can run a monitor off of the USBC port. She bought a second monitor, and cable for her home PC, and couldn't understand why it wouldn't work. I had to actually pull the specs on her laptop up on HP's site and show her where it stated that the USBC didn't support a monitor.
You know, I’d really like to say that this is the source of all of her problems, but it isn’t. USB-C is the new universal adapter for everything, but it does not preclude universal adaptability.
Whether a computer is capable of certain things or not, is something you will have to consult a specific computers tactical manual about. Just because it has a USB-C port, does not mean it can do everything. A USB-C port is capable of doing. That’s up to you to determine.
I don’t mean to sound like a dick, but…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
To add to the situation, the age of the device alone led me to believe that it wasn't new enough to support video on USB-C, and I told her as much from the start.
Ummm… I wanna help…
I’m just saying that alternative approaches might reveal better results.
Perhaps we should talk about this tomorrow? Hit me up later 😊