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[–] 8 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

Now enjoy the power brick roulette. My work laptop charger (dell) won't do anything more than trickle charge anything else (other than my girlfriend's Mac?!). I had to buy a new brick to get something that appears to charge everything at each devices rated speed.

Being able to charge a laptop from my monitor using the same cable that handles the display output and peripherals is cool though! (But that DOESN'T work on a Mac.... It won't pass the keyboard through!)

"Standards"!

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    And then there's dumb devices like flashlights that may not have the resistor that negotiates a basic rate with C ports, barring it from charging. A-C cables work because they still allow 500mA without negotiation

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