Which is a great approach IMO. The advantages of dongles without the inconvenience. The Framework 16 has 6 ports which is more than enough for me. I use two USB-C, two USB-A, headphone, and SD card. I sometimes swap the SD card slot for MicroSD, and one of the USB-C for Ethernet. I have HDMI and DisplayPort for if I need them.
There are docking stations that gives secondary display, power, and wired nerwork connection over single USB-C port. Usually along with keyboard, mouse, and USB-A ports.
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This is how I feel about ultra-slim laptops that only have USB-C ports. I don’t care if it needs to be 10% thicker, I want a usable port damn it!
Funnily enough, there was a post arguing about this not so long ago.
I know adapters exist, but for something like HDMI that I use quite regularly, I’ll have a dedicated port thanks.
Framework is somehow both
They basically have the dongle built into the laptop, don’t they?
Pretty much. A fun exercise tho is to pop them out and connect them to my phone when i need ethernet, for… reasons…
Fuck! How come I never thought of that!!!
Which is a great approach IMO. The advantages of dongles without the inconvenience. The Framework 16 has 6 ports which is more than enough for me. I use two USB-C, two USB-A, headphone, and SD card. I sometimes swap the SD card slot for MicroSD, and one of the USB-C for Ethernet. I have HDMI and DisplayPort for if I need them.
You’d think there would be a thinner Ethernet port by now. That standard is several decades old.
There is. Most laptops have RJ45 ports that fold out now a days.
Why can’t we just do Ethernet over USB C… 🤔
You can. I have ethernet, 2 monitors, mouse, keyboard, webcam, speaker and power all running over a single USB-C
This … must be the way
There are docking stations that gives secondary display, power, and wired nerwork connection over single USB-C port. Usually along with keyboard, mouse, and USB-A ports.
Aye I know, I work in IT, I’m just saying maybe routers should have USB C ports and just ditch Ethernet altogether 😊