• grue@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m imaginining some kind of monstrosity of a gaming laptop with a power cable that looks like a hydra splitting into three or four USB-C connectors, and it’s gloriously silly.

    Maybe it’s time for a new thing similar to USB 3.0 micro B, with two USB-C connectors next to each other on the same plug.

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      1 year ago

      Pretty much, they magnet together though so you can split them apart and use them as normal with other devices.

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      1 year ago

      It would make since to say something like usb-c is required for up to x volts. Then x-y volts require this other kind of charger.

      I mean it’s totally valid if the required technology literally can’t handle certain applications that there needs to a level 2, level 3, and onward option.

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      1 year ago

      There are already laptops with docking stations that take 2 USB-C connectors. Annoyingly, the docking stations come with a Franken-connector of 2 USB-C plugs in one solid plastic housing so you can only use the dock with a specific laptop.