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interestica on Jan 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old featu...

The MS proprietary cable doesn't follow the USB-c spec and can therefore do a lot more (and I think it's still expandable). I think usbc is limited to 20V @ 5a?. And using USBC for charging takes up a data port. And many docks and stands make use of the MS port. And the MS cable is magnetic.

fastball on Jan 17, 2021 [–]

Obviously you’d never just remove the power port and not replace it with anything, you’d replace the power port with another USB-C port.

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