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All the other brands went along (slrpnk.net)
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[–] 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Content note: shilling

    !https://frame.work/!<

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just had a look at the prices, I can get 128 GB of RAM for the price that Apple charge for 16 GB of RAM.

    I'm tempted to get 128 GB of RAM just because, I definitely don't need it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    It's nuts. Framework marks up their RAM, and it's still way cheaper through them than through Apple, and you can buy aftermarket RAM too.

    My next personal laptop will probably be Framework, especially since nearly everything else is going soldered RAM.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    That's great for a docking station setup. But if all you need is docking stations at home and the office, just get a mini PC/ mac mini.

    Laptops are supposed to be useful without a docking station, and if all you have is USB-C you can't even read most thumb drives.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well I also use my laptop in isolation away from those docked environments, so it is useful.

    To be honest I'm not sure I've plugged in a USB drive in the last year, likely much longer. But I do keep a tiny A to C adapter in my bag, so if need be I can easily plug a traditional A connector in. If I were to buy a usb drive today I'd get a USB C or hybrid one.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Having to carry dongles and hubs to connect to devices severely impacts the convenience of a laptop.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I agree, but I really don't do that. What I do remember 10 years back is carrying around a bunch of different cables for each of the ports I had, which is practically the same issue.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I only carried cables if I was carrying the device that required the cable. If I needed to plug into something where I was going, whatever device I was using had a USB-A cable already.

    With .ost modern laptops, you have to carry a hub so you can use that cable.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think it's a pretty subjective experience honestly. I get by just fine carrying a single USB C cable. The USB A adapter comes out extremely rarely for me. Wherever I go, everything uses USB C.

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