Parallel Empires
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I swear the people who decide what ports go onto laptops have never used a laptop in their life. I know now manufacturers would love to just sell you a dongle add-on or two that plugs into your USB-C port and has all of the other useful ports on it you actually need, but even before then... who needed only 1 USB-A and two lightning cable ports? When was Mini-DVI relevant?
My Lenovo Legion from 2021 has 4 USB-A, 1 USB-C, 1 SD-Card reader, 1 minijack, 1 hdmi and 1 ethernet. They've absolutely nailed what is needed, maybe except the SD-Card, but I can kinda see a use for that for some people.
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If we had 6 USB-Cs probably not all of them would carry power and/or video so some people would still complain.
I have an example of this, my work mac mini m3 has two ports with power and three without, it's almost enough!
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I love the destruction of the aux. It forced me to get a wireless headset, and I no longer have to bother untangling wires, or buying a new crappy headset every 2-3 weeks because the wires would break. Also, the quality of the sound in my wireless headset is waaaay better than any wired I ever tried.
Sure, they cost more, but the quality and convenience are so worth it, and I wouldn't have done the switch if I hadn't been forced.
They cost more, have to be charged, add a conversion step to the audio, often sound worse. Can I plug my Sony MDR-7506s that I've had for 30 years and use every day? Sure if I get a converter... But even that uses up a usb-c port that I could be using for something else.
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They cost more, have to be charged, add a conversion step to the audio, often sound worse. Can I plug my Sony MDR-7506s that I've had for 30 years and use every day? Sure if I get a converter... But even that uses up a usb-c port that I could be using for something else.
What is the conversion process for the audio?
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Man, I still lament their destruction of the aux (headphone) port. They destroyed that for the entire industry.
I also missed the headphone jack until I was running one day and I got tripped by the wire.
I still want more USB ports. Just two ports, Apple? WT fridge?
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What is the conversion process for the audio?
wrote last edited by [email protected]You have to convert the audio to a bluetooth compatible codec like LDAC instead of just using the audio file which is in a format like mp3 with a higher bitrate. Compressing the signal can make the audio sound worse. (I would say bluetooth makes it sound worse for most situations but by how much is somewhat of an opinion question)
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You have to convert the audio to a bluetooth compatible codec like LDAC instead of just using the audio file which is in a format like mp3 with a higher bitrate. Compressing the signal can make the audio sound worse. (I would say bluetooth makes it sound worse for most situations but by how much is somewhat of an opinion question)
Thanks for the answer!
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The oldest ZZ Top is the best.
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I swear the people who decide what ports go onto laptops have never used a laptop in their life. I know now manufacturers would love to just sell you a dongle add-on or two that plugs into your USB-C port and has all of the other useful ports on it you actually need, but even before then... who needed only 1 USB-A and two lightning cable ports? When was Mini-DVI relevant?
blessed be the framework laptop, you can just put in whatever ports you want
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I miss thicker netbooks. Easy enough to repair most things, and it had every port you could ever want.
I hate the new "ultra-light" fashion. Give me thick, durable, powerful, and ported!
the framework is basically the reincarnation of old thinkpads, including the business-level hideous pricing
