Apple’s new MacBook, announced this week, weighs 2.03 lbs., is 13.1 mm thick and features a 3 million pixel display and ONLY ONE PORT. OK, there’s still a 1.3 mm headphone/audio jack, but you know what I mean. After following the hype and outcry over this new single port, I needed to investigate further…
My initial thoughts on this were “How can you have only one port on your laptop? How can you do video out and charge your laptop with one cable at the same time? What if you need to present video to a projector at a conference but your battery is low on your laptop?”
Don’t worry. From what I’ve read, the USB Type-C will handle it.
If the device you are connected to is USB Type-C, it can perform both functions simultaneously. For example, a projector/monitor connected via a USB Type-C port will provide charging power to your laptop as well as transfer your video signal to the projector.
If USB Type-C becomes the popular choice for hardware manufacturers, it’s possible you might be able to charge all of your portable devices and connect your peripherals with the same cable.
Want to check out some more info? Here are the links (warning, tech lingo ahead!):
Devices currently supporting Type-C:
Type-C Peripherals and other information:
External Storage Drive
*This device only utilizes USB 3.0 speed transfer but it has the USB Type-C connector.
Motherboards
SuperSpeed+ (SSP) USB Certified 10 Gbit/s -- SuperSpeed+ is the Logo associated with USB Type-C / certified high speed transfer rated devices. Example: copying a 25GB Movie using USB 3.1 approximately 35 seconds, using USB 2.0 approximately 14mins.
Supported Protocols
Display Port 1.3 – (5K,UHD 8K, 4K, HDMI 2.0, UHD)
MHL 3.0 – Mobile High-Definition Link (Supports 4K Ultra HD, HD)
Base-T Ethernet
PCI-E
Power -> 1.5 A and 3.0 A over 5 Volts. (Has the ability to auto adjust depending on the power supplying device).
Cables and Adapters
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