For those who might not get it, every laptop that I’ve had has had two usb 3 ports on the right side, with other I/O like HDMI or headphone jack, and then one USB 2 port on the left side with less io, just the power jack.

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
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    20 days ago

    The USB 2 is for a mouse or keyboard as extra bandwidth does nothing.

    I can’t relate tho. My laptop only has two USB4 with type-C connectors. I really wish it tad at least one type-A connection. Luckily unlike my last laptop, at least this one has a headphone jack (I guess ASUS learned from their folly & never skipped the jack on future models).

    • Nightweb@lemm.ee
      1·
      3 hours ago

      I heard it always serves a dual role, maybe I’m wrong but usb 2 was for mouse/keyboard and if installing operating systems that had usb 3 issues. I always heard this was the way back when and the philosophy just followed forward?