I think the annoyance comes from not having that many ports to begin with. If I had a whole bunch of ports, it wouldn’t matter as much if I had to snap on a usb-c adapter to all the cables.
What is annoying is having to unplug something i need so I can plug in a flash drive
They have many options depending on your needs. If you want it to charge your laptop through the dock / hub, ensure that it has power pass through functionality.
yeah i have a few of them and they all get extremely hot, plus they look ugly as hell. usually a super short cord so right where my mouse would be is a blazing hot ugly box with a bunch of cables and junk sticking out. and if you accidentally jiggle it or move the laptop too much the whole thing blanks out for a second interrupting work flow.
Some of both. I remember a time where it felt like every time I got a new computer it had some different ports because they kept evolving. Modem/Ethernet, firewire 400/800, keyboard/mouse/USB, VGA/DVI/Displsyport(and mini versions of some). Sure, my old computer might have had a lot of different ports, but I might never have used some of them. For something like a laptop, I think 2x USB-C on each side is good for most, plus add hubbing to larger peripherals like HDD enclosures and displays and docks wouldn’t have to be so popular.
I feel like we’re just in the middle of a good transition period. Few years from now almost everything that can will be USB-C, we’re really just waiting out the replacement of all the existing devices and their incompatible ports.
I think the annoyance comes from not having that many ports to begin with. If I had a whole bunch of ports, it wouldn’t matter as much if I had to snap on a usb-c adapter to all the cables.
What is annoying is having to unplug something i need so I can plug in a flash drive
Why not using small usbc splitter? Like 7 in 1
Edit:
The splitter or hub gives you 3 usbs, usbc, hdmi, Ethernet, sd card reader and charge your device.
Similar to laptop docks for 1/10th of the price.
check it out
Using a dongle to fix your dongle problems. 🤔 (you’re not wrong, just thought it was funny)
Instead of having many dongles just buy a splitter and that’s it.
It’ll have 3 usbs, usbc, hdmi, Ethernet, sd card reader and power pass through.
Similar to laptop docks for 1/10th of the price.
Check it out link
Why use many dongle when one dongle do trick
Because they heat very easily, suffer throttleneck problems (Ethernet+HDMI+copytoUSB = sudden drop in Ethernet)
By splitter I mean small docking station. I use it daily and never had issues. I plug a mouse, hdmi, and Ethernet cable as well as power pass through.
Can you link to it?
Here you go: https://www.ugreen.com/collections/usb-hub/products/ugreen-9-in-1-usb-c-hub-with-4k-hdmi
They have many options depending on your needs. If you want it to charge your laptop through the dock / hub, ensure that it has power pass through functionality.
yeah i have a few of them and they all get extremely hot, plus they look ugly as hell. usually a super short cord so right where my mouse would be is a blazing hot ugly box with a bunch of cables and junk sticking out. and if you accidentally jiggle it or move the laptop too much the whole thing blanks out for a second interrupting work flow.
You can also have both, all the different ports PLUS one or two USB-C where you can connect a dongle.
And the old macbooks had so many ports!
Some of both. I remember a time where it felt like every time I got a new computer it had some different ports because they kept evolving. Modem/Ethernet, firewire 400/800, keyboard/mouse/USB, VGA/DVI/Displsyport(and mini versions of some). Sure, my old computer might have had a lot of different ports, but I might never have used some of them. For something like a laptop, I think 2x USB-C on each side is good for most, plus add hubbing to larger peripherals like HDD enclosures and displays and docks wouldn’t have to be so popular.
I feel like we’re just in the middle of a good transition period. Few years from now almost everything that can will be USB-C, we’re really just waiting out the replacement of all the existing devices and their incompatible ports.