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Old Jan 28, 2019 | 1:06 am
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wco81
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What are people using for hubs?

It seems USB-C hubs are either to provide some USB A ports supporting USB 3.0 or kind of do-everything, with a couple of USB-A ports, HDMI, memory card slots and maybe ethernet as well as a USB-C PD port.

Seems like the do-everything hubs would be redundant for people who have laptops which have dedicated power ports (instead of relying on USB-C to charge like the MacBooks), HDMI and memory card slots already.

I am curious about those with PD ports though. It would be lighter than laptop power brick but then again, you need a wall USB-C charger which is smaller than a laptop power brick but not a whole lot smaller.

I do have a need to connect a portable HDD to back up my RAW photo files and my Spectre X360 only have one USB-A port for a bluetooth mouse dongle (the trackpad still sucks).

Looks like nobody is making a USB-C hub with multiple USB-C data ports as well as some USB-A ports.
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