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Today’s kids don’t have to worry about turning off your PC before you can unplug your mouse or keyboard (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Similar thing with my sister recently ... her work laptop can run a monitor off of the USBC port. She bought a second monitor, and cable for her home PC, and couldn't understand why it wouldn't work. I had to actually pull the specs on her laptop up on HP's site and show her where it stated that the USBC didn't support a monitor.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    HP

    You know, I’d really like to say that this is the source of all of her problems, but it isn’t. USB-C is the new universal adapter for everything, but it does not preclude universal adaptability.

    Whether a computer is capable of certain things or not, is something you will have to consult a specific computers tactical manual about. Just because it has a USB-C port, does not mean it can do everything. A USB-C port is capable of doing. That’s up to you to determine.

    I don’t mean to sound like a dick, but…

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    To add to the situation, the age of the device alone led me to believe that it wasn't new enough to support video on USB-C, and I told her as much from the start.

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