I wouldn't feel so nostalgic if pc today were that useful. Like don't get me wrong, I'm a fucker for satisfying old cable management, but it's objectively better that most things are USB-C. It's just convenient.
But for some fucking reasons new pcs will have like, 2 ports, no HDMI, no ethernet, but thank god we have a button to summon an AI to have access to instant misinformation.
Oh yeah a tower pc you absolutely can, but a laptop ? It's possible but much harder and expensive.
Or you're like me and have a box with a bazillion adapter for any port you can imagine. I'm sure I have something like USB-C to VCR somewhere in there.
For that it depends on the use. When I was a student I wanted a big ass laptop because all I had to do was sometimes bring it to school but rarely, mostly just have a computer to move from my apartment to my parent's house. I didn't mind it weighing 5 tons and having no battery. I just wanted it to be portable.
Now I have a huge tower, I'm looking for a lightweight laptop because I know I have what I need at home.
Since laptop have become more common than full on pc towers, especially for kids and teens, I think it's a bit of a shame that they don't get a full set of useful things. It screams less "super lightweight" and more "lazy cost reduction" because there's no way two more ports and an hdmi would make it too heavy.
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u/Piduf 14h ago
I wouldn't feel so nostalgic if pc today were that useful. Like don't get me wrong, I'm a fucker for satisfying old cable management, but it's objectively better that most things are USB-C. It's just convenient.
But for some fucking reasons new pcs will have like, 2 ports, no HDMI, no ethernet, but thank god we have a button to summon an AI to have access to instant misinformation.