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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice
My 15" MacBook Pro happily takes 97W through USB C, and my Samsung T5 SSDs run considerably faster through USB C than USB A, and that's only 10Gbps vs. 5Gbps. I don't have any 20Gbps devices yet, or any Thuberbolt 3 devices like a SSD RAID array that can do 40Gbps through a USB C port with TB3 alternate mode.
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Consider getting a laptop with native NVMe support. Rigging up enough (external!) SATA III grade drives in a RAID to hit 40 Gbps is more money than I'd care to throw away
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Originally Posted by haertig
I never imagined I'd hear people argue that USB-A is better than USB-C. Yet here we are.
There might be arguments to continue using USB-A in the presence of USB-C. Those would mostly relate to cost to upgrade a computer or peripherals. If the older technology suits you needs, why pay to upgrade? I can certainly support that. But to argue that the old stuff is technologically superior is entertaining to read, to say the least. Sometimes older stuff is superior, especially if the change was made to reduce costs, but that's not the case with these USB ports. USB-C can do everything that USB-A can do, and a lot more. The opposite cannot be said.
Most of my stuff is USB-A by the way, I have only a few USB-C devices at the moment. That's because I do not feel the need to spend money to upgrade the old stuff quite yet, not because I think it's superior.
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A harder to beat upside to USB-A is that it's more sturdy. I've never ruined a USB-A plug or jack over 20 years but I've already bent a USB-C plug. Hard to make something robust when it has to be so small and also rest unsupported in the middle. Should've made a normal-sized version for desktops and laptops