3000€, 1000 GB HDD, 32GB RAM, 15" screen, 1 port.
I hate laptop manufacturers.
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That's a Lenovo E480. There are two other USB-A and a USB-C and HDMI on the other side, plus you can't see behind the dongles but there's an ethernet port on the laptop as well.
I only have two complaints with what I'm looking at. One is there's probably not enough power for whatever you have connected to all of those USB things. And two, there's not enough support for the port that you're plugging this into to resist the weight of all of the dongles, which could damage the motherboard.
Depends. Modern keyboards, mice and controllers use just a few milliamps and the laptop must be able to supply 500 mA. However, just about anything that charges will use the whole 500 mA or even try to negotiate more. There are even non-compliant devices like heating pads that draw 2 A without asking.
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Hey it's fine if you have a docking station which totally defeats the purpose of a laptop.
Ehhh I deploy a lot of these thin and light machines in place of desktops. The goal is to use a dock and have the IO that is needed at a desk but also have the portability of the small laptop that can do work remotely. The benefit is that you don't have to remote into your work PC.
Portability? If you want a desktop replacement laptop, don't buy one with a single USB port. If you want a machine you can easily carry, has a keyboard and can run a slide deck? 1 USB port and Bluetooth will get you there.
For over 17 years or so, I've envisioned a laptop (and, later, also SBC) design where the entire sides are jam packed with usb ports.
Your hate reinvigorates this idea, knowing other people also hate the shortage of usb ports on laptop designs.
You guys got 32 gigs of memory?
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Stairway to USB heaven
I'm not usually that kinda guy, but 5 volts is 5 volts.
Voltage drop is a thing. That’s why powered hubs exist
I'm a power bottom, thanks. It's a little dehumanizing to call people, "hubs".
Yes, but their point is any port in a storm will suffice.
Until voltage sags below 4.7 and stuff starts acting weird or sags below 4.4 and just stops working ig
Me stacking my deck with 'Draw 2 cards' with no damage or money cards in my hand
Pot of Greed, Pot of Greed, Pot of Greed, I ASSEMBLE EXODIA. I WIN.
EXODIA?! I-IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!
NO ONE'S EVER BEEN ABLE TO SUMMON HIM!
So does each successive one become slower or how does that work?
Probably not a ton, the controller can handle a quite a bit. Really depends what you are doing with each cable. If all are transferring data to a separate thing on each cable then yes it could be bad. Power is more of the problem, only has so much juice per slot. If those are all phone charger cables, possible hardly any of them actually charging a device.
I imagine power is split evenly. I wonder if speed is split evenly or successively slower.
USB can handle 127 daisy chained items. However, there's like an absolute maximum of the amount of data and power that can go over any one USB port.
Assuming this is USB 3, that would typically be capped somewhere around 5 gigabits per second and usually, 5 to 15 watts of power, so they would all have to divvy up that between themselves.
USB is pretty smart, so it probably won't automatically divide down based on the number of attached items like Wifi used to and instead the controllers should dole out the in-out requests on an as needed basis.
I really wish there was a way to find where someone legitimately has a need to nest, like, 16 levels of USB devices and find out WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THEM. But also what possible legitimate need might force such a nightmare. lol.
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The problem here is not even speed, it is the current draw.
It's not even an balanced tree! What a monster!
Alright but what would you need this many for? I can't wrap my head around it
Keyboard, mouse, wacom tablet, external hard drive, another external hard drive thing, plasma lighter charger, ... Yup, that's what I have here... already got that many, before needing more space for pendrives.
Though, I use a single 1-6(or more) expander hub. I'm sensible like that.
Plus a wired game pad, secondary gaming specific keyboard, a phone charger, a wireless phone charger, a thumb drive, a gaming specific mouse, a racing rig, and a little usb fan.
Funny picture
This is art.
Would be a lot less cursed if they used a USBA extension so they could rest on a table.
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