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Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector

From rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector
Date 2015-10-07 17:27 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 10/7/2015 4:42 PM, fruit wrote:
> rickman wrote:
>
>> On 10/7/2015 2:06 PM, Theo Markettos wrote:
>
>>> Changing the connector is cheap, but some of the other things you suggest
>>> aren't.  The Pi cost envelope is already tight.  How much extra on the
>>> ticket price would people be prepared to pay?
>>
>> How much extra will it cost?  I think you are stressing this more than
>> it is worth.  Just as other improvements have lowered the cost, I expect
>> a new design which considers the large market for the rPi and other apps
>> can be lower cost as well.
>
> I, for one, have absolutely no use for USB 3.1/C at present. I haven't even
> got as far as USB 3.0 except for a couple of 2.0/3.0 HDDs!
>
> I am happy with the USB capabilities on /all/ the various machines I have
> here thankyou - and I don't need even more varieties of USB lead than I have
> already!

Actually, the cable thing is one of the big advantages.  One cable to 
replace them all!

Yeah, you will have another cable short term, but in a few years there 
will be a lot less need for anything else.  I read about a Mac with just 
USB type C connectors and a head phone jack.  Not even a separate power 
jack.

-- 

Rick

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rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 11:02 -0400
  Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-10-06 18:02 +0100
    Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Jonathan Lane <tidux@faeroes.freeshell.org> - 2015-10-06 20:04 +0000
      Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 22:40 -0400
        Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-10-07 11:11 +0100
          Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 11:47 -0400
            Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-10-07 19:06 +0100
              Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 15:35 -0400
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector fruit <fruit@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-10-07 21:42 +0100
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 17:27 -0400
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector fruit <fruit@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-10-08 07:36 +0100
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2015-10-08 09:34 +0000
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-10-08 19:26 +0100
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 18:40 -0400
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-10-11 20:28 +0300
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2015-10-11 20:48 +0200
    Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 22:47 -0400
  Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector julianmkizner@gmail.com - 2016-11-02 18:08 -0700
    Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-11-05 13:01 +0000

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