... and reminds me that Apple didn't invent it entirely from scratch, as it would appear at first glance, but instead incorporates existing technologies into the final solution. Sound familiar?
Sure do remember it. The best thing about ADB was allowing a power button on the keyboard. To this day I wish modern desktop Macs could start up this way.
IIRC the 1998 iMac had a power button on the keyboard and that used USB.
... and reminds me that Apple didn't invent it entirely from scratch, as it would appear at first glance, but instead incorporates existing technologies into the final solution. Sound familiar?
Sure do remember it. The best thing about ADB was allowing a power button on the keyboard. To this day I wish modern desktop Macs could start up this way.
IIRC the 1998 iMac had a power button on the keyboard and that used USB.
Perhaps it did; I skipped from an 81/110 Radius clone to a G4, which did not. I have never owned an iMac, only towers. Getting nostalgic looking at old pictures of those things though.
This is so ridiculous. I remember when the original USB cable/interface was first introduced. The big promise was that it would end all the confusion and frustration involved with having to manage so many different types of cables and connections. Yeah, umm, how's that working out for ya?
Well, USB was introduced in 1996. Compared to previous technology it was a huge leap forward. Given the changes in technology and speeds, USB has been pretty remarkable.
The biggest issue not the USB 3 naming describe here but the USB C cluster. A USB C cable can be 5, 10 or 20 Gbps, or it can be a thunderbolt cable. Or it can be suitable for power. Or not.
Horsepucky. USB 3.2 Gen 2 isn't the 2nd generation of USB 3.2, and USB 3.2 Gen 1 is the first generation of USB 3.2 in name only.
Call them simply: USB 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3
And by the way, "10Gbps" doesn't denote gen2 is faster than gen1 unless gen1 SuperSpeed USB is necessarily attached to the moniker "5Gbps". Oh, except, the manufacturers merely intend to confuse consumers.
You're making it way too simple. How will that work?
It took them 20 years to fix a design that was difficult to orient when plugging in.
They really look to require a more cross disciplinary team. I’m sure the engineering is amazing, but it also needs to be easy to use and that’s where they struggle.
I'm hoping they come up with a new connector that is circular, has two keys that are imperceptible to the human eye, yet can't be inserted if they are not aligned within .01°. This foolishness with the USB-C connector goes against all that USB has stood for over the last 20 years:
A connector that, by all odds, you should get wrong 50% of the time, but manage to get wrong 98.2%.
... and reminds me that Apple didn't invent it entirely from scratch, as it would appear at first glance, but instead incorporates existing technologies into the final solution. Sound familiar?
I think USB-IF should do what HDMI did: use dotted version notation (USB 3.1.3.6). Then you sow fine-grained version confusion without tacking on extra monikers.
I think USB-IF should do what HDMI did: use dotted version notation (USB 3.1.3.6). Then you sow fine-grained version confusion without tacking on extra monikers.
Excellent suggestion.
Infact we can improve it further by combining both. So USB 3.1.3.6 Highspeed would be faster than USB 3.2.4.5 Superspeed but would be slower than USB3.2.9.1 Highspeed.
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The biggest issue not the USB 3 naming describe here but the USB C cluster. A USB C cable can be 5, 10 or 20 Gbps, or it can be a thunderbolt cable. Or it can be suitable for power. Or not.
You're making it way too simple. How will that work?
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2018 will now be known as 2019 v1.
2019 will now be known as 2018 v2.
2020 will now be known as 2018 v2+1.
They can keep doing this forever.
They really look to require a more cross disciplinary team. I’m sure the engineering is amazing, but it also needs to be easy to use and that’s where they struggle.
Infact we can improve it further by combining both. So USB 3.1.3.6 Highspeed would be faster than USB 3.2.4.5 Superspeed but would be slower than USB3.2.9.1 Highspeed.