2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
One of the main innovations of the updated MacBook is the universal USB Type-C connector. It replaces USB, HDMI, card reader, and even the device's charging port. In this article, we'll cover what you need to know about the new connector.
The fact that the connector is called USB Type-C makes you wonder how it differs from previous versions A and B. The first thing that catches your eye is a different appearance. Type-C is more like not a full-fledged USB cable, but the cord with which we charge mobile gadgets.
Type-C is symmetrical and can be inserted either side. Remember the situations when a flash drive or mouse for some reason is inserted only the third time? This is now in the past. As an iPhone 5 and Lightning cable owner, this is very convenient. For example, it is much easier to grope and insert a wire in the dark.
Type-C bandwidth is 10 GB per second. Voltage - 20 V. Six months ago, many IT resources wrote that in the future, using this connector, we will be able to charge laptops in the same way as tablets and smartphones. Apple has turned the future into the present. The new MacBook has only one connector - USB Type-C, which acts not only as a port for connecting peripherals, but also as a connector for charging a laptop.
At first it seems like it's insanely cool. Then too. But also there are thoughts that we have not yet managed to become so independent from gadgets with wires. Of course, the adapter that Apple quietly released with the release of the MacBook solves this problem. However, this turns the MacBook from a portable device into a laptop with which you need to carry an additional connector everywhere.
Also important is the fact that the adapter costs $ 79. But third-party manufacturers have already started producing their own solutions, so the range will soon become much wider.
The bandwidth of USB Type-C allows you to connect to the connector not only standard USB devices, but even HDMI and display the picture from the monitor on a second screen. With Apple often pioneering such engineering and technological innovations, it is possible that Type-C will soon become the ubiquitous solution.
And we need a bunch of adapters.
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