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Why Doesn't the Surface Laptop Have USB Blazon-C?

Microsoft'due south new Surface Laptop has very few ports: USB, Mini DisplayPort and a headphone jack. But strangely, USB Type-C is nowhere to be found.

It ends up that Microsoft did at ane fourth dimension consider using the new standard, which could take easily replaced all three existing ports.

Eagle-eyed Tom Warren at The Verge points out that in a promotional video discussing the craftsmanship of the Surface Laptop, y'all can encounter a prototype with a pair of USB-C ports (it's at one:02. Blink and you lot'll miss it).

Reports advise that Microsoft didn't recollect that USB Type-C was set for primetime, both in terms of charging and market adoption. I don't completely buy that reply: for video, I would imagine more users are likely to utilize HDMI or full-size DisplayPort than the laptop's mini DisplayPort, so not including USB Type-C feels a scrap similar a cop out.

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We've seen several laptops, like the fifteen-inch HP Spectre x360 and Apple's MacBook lineup utilize USB Blazon-C for charging, and it works great. Simply Microsoft is seemingly committed to using the same charger across all of its mobile Surface devices; The Surface Laptop uses the aforementioned charger as the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Volume. Somewhen, I imagine, the future will come and nosotros'll see Microsoft move from a proprietary connector to USB Type-C.

We'll know soon if Microsoft is right, and if people don't really want or intendance most USB Type-C simply notwithstanding. It certainly didn't injure our get-go impressions of what looks similar a slap-up laptop with no frills or gimmicks. We'll let y'all know what we think with a full review every bit soon as the Surface Laptop shows up in our labs.

Photos: Andrew E. Freedman / Laptop Magazine

[via The Verge]

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