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[Tux]

I'd also like to see USB A connections phased out on all IT equipment, Apple have lead the way on this. USB C - just whack it in any way you like and off you go. USB A - Two sides, a million possibilities.

Apologies for this blatent thread drift....

 

[Buckman]

Yep, very poor. Slightest knock and they become disconnected. Easy to accidentally short . And a pain in the jacksie when the fuse wants changing, little spring flies out never to be seen again.

I have had cars since the sixties and never encountered any of the above issues. We have had caravans with the cigarette socket and never had an issue with any of them and not even with our current caravan. Considering a cigarette lighter can draw up to20amp if using an air compressor, a USB connection would probably melt.

 

[Sam Vimes]

I'd also like to see USB A connections phased out on all IT equipment, Apple have lead the way on this. USB C - just whack it in any way you like and off you go. USB A - Two sides, a million possibilities.

Apologies for this blatent thread drift....

Ok, I'm a self acknowledged nerd so I can't help saying that USB A connectors can't have a million possibilities for insertion as they can only fit in one way around.

USB C connectors can be inserted either way up but some cables, particularly the cheaper ones, will only work correctly just one way up.

The trend is to make devices powered via a usb connector using USB C. I believe the French introduced legislation to this affect which made Apple switch to USB C connectors.

 

[otherclive]

Ok, I'm a self acknowledged nerd so I can't help saying that USB A connectors can't have a million possibilities for insertion as they can only fit in one way around.

USB C connectors can be inserted either way up but some cables, particularly the cheaper ones, will only work correctly just one way up.

The trend is to make devices powered via a usb connector using USB C. I believe the French introduced legislation to this affect which made Apple switch to USB C connectors.

It stemmed from an EU initiative aimed at cutting down on electrical waste. UK has still not made any definitive statement on whether this country supported the adoption of a single design connector. I think it was an act of wishing to assert our independence. But like it or not we get no choice and new stuff is USB-C.

 

[Tux]

“Ok, I'm a self acknowledged nerd so I can't help saying that USB A connectors can't have a million possibilities for insertion as they can only fit in one way around.”

It’s merely an expression of how fiddly USB A can be, especially when you are plugging it in blind.