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Why aren’t motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (philip.greenspun.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Why aren’t motherboards mostly USB-C by now?::I’m beginning to think that the Windows PC that I built in 2015 is ready for retirement (though if Joe Biden can be president at 78, maybe this PC can last until 2029?). In looking at new des…

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Weirder is that you can’t really find usb c mice and keyboards, though I really don’t know why.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    There are a few, but certainly not many. And they mostly seemed to be aimed at plugging into Mac laptops. But at the moment, manufacturers can count on every computer made in the last 20 years or whatever having at least one USB-A port, and most computers still having zero USB-C ports. The options are to make it USB-C and pay extra to include an adapter, or just say the hell with it and make it USB-A. Or relegate yourself to basically selling to Mac users only.

    Most manufacturers, naturally, will pick the second option.

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