Oh gosh I hadn't heard about USB4 at all yet. Is it going to ... • Aaron Parecki

rektide de la fay https://twitter.com/rektide • Dec 9
I'm not going to hold Thunderbolt- a spec far older than USB-C- against USB-C.
But now that Thunderbolt has been rolled in to USB4, you damn well better bet I expect these things to start to improve. Somehow.

There better be some 4 port USB4 laptops showing up!

Oh gosh I hadn't heard about USB4 at all yet. Is it going to use the same port as C?

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- David Waite 🍥 twitter.com/dwaite
  
  they gotta find some way to make us spend money with CPUs and GPUs getting so stagnant 😉
  
  Mon, Dec 9, 2019 1:26am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  I look forward to buying all new devices and cables again in another 3 years
  
  Mon, Dec 9, 2019 1:22am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- David Waite 🍥 twitter.com/dwaite
  
  Yes but don't forget, the hardware people all expect their defects to be made up for in software ;-)
  
  Mon, Dec 9, 2019 1:19am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- David Waite 🍥 twitter.com/dwaite
  
  Thats not to say they will clean up all the mess. There is no old USB-A computer port to USB-C plug adapter, only the other way - one of the non-inertial reasons so many companies still ship A-style cords.
  
  Mon, Dec 9, 2019 1:18am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki twitter.com/aaronpk
  
  This is the kind of stuff that makes me glad I work in software standards and not hardware standards
  
  Mon, Dec 9, 2019 1:18am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- David Waite 🍥 twitter.com/dwaite
  
  - The goal for USB4 is to clean up some of the mess. So for example, there is no USB 3.1 hub with 3.1 ports, all you have is port expanders. I expect quite a few USB4 hubs, and for many to work with alt modes.
  
  Mon, Dec 9, 2019 1:17am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- David Waite 🍥 twitter.com/dwaite
  
  I look at it as: - The goal for 3.0 was to increase the speed an order of magnitude, and set the stage for future increases - The goal for 3.1 was to create a single port to accommodate the need for devices like mobile phones and tablets to work without product-specific adapters
  
  Mon, Dec 9, 2019 1:15am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

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