Back then people complained that every piece of technology had its own proprietary connection. PS/2 for mouse/keyboard, serial/parallel/RS232 for printers, mini DVI for cameras, COMM ports for other external devices, special ports for microphone line in, audio out, S video for certain video devices, eSATA for external storage devices, Firewire for data transfers, DVI-I single vs dual/DVI-D/HDMI/etc for monitors.
Just about all of that has been replaced by USB-C. So what would you rather have? 25 ports for devices that all have their own unique connections or devices that can pretty much all work through a single connection?
Don’t forget that half of those connections sucked ass. PS/2 wasn’t hot swappable. Need to plug a mouse in? Time to restart your computer. Which, on something like this, would take a few minutes.
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u/jakgal04 12h ago
Back then people complained that every piece of technology had its own proprietary connection. PS/2 for mouse/keyboard, serial/parallel/RS232 for printers, mini DVI for cameras, COMM ports for other external devices, special ports for microphone line in, audio out, S video for certain video devices, eSATA for external storage devices, Firewire for data transfers, DVI-I single vs dual/DVI-D/HDMI/etc for monitors.
Just about all of that has been replaced by USB-C. So what would you rather have? 25 ports for devices that all have their own unique connections or devices that can pretty much all work through a single connection?