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Why aren’t motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (philip.greenspun.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Why aren’t motherboards mostly USB-C by now?::I’m beginning to think that the Windows PC that I built in 2015 is ready for retirement (though if Joe Biden can be president at 78, maybe this PC can last until 2029?). In looking at new des…

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because people like having options. The same reason they buy an 80k base sequoia on the off chance (read: never) get a boat and need to tow it.

It makes them feel bad to close doors of opportunity for no reason.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What opportunities? We now have even external GPUs over USB-C.

And you can't turn the cheapo Aldi/Medion PC in a gaming rig, the mainboard just can't do it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

An external GPU over USB-C is worse in every way compared to an internal GPU.