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Originally Posted by Frank777
USB 4 (aka Thunderbolt 3) was supposed to be the latest and greatest, but I guess now you have to ask if your machine has USB and if that USB has USB-C plugs, and if the USB4/USB-C you have is also updated with Version 2.1 for 240-watt power. These people are demented.
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It’s worse than that, you forgot that when you buy USB cables now you have to watch out for ones that are only power, not data, cables. USB-C included. Then there are the 2.2 USB3/4 cables that don’t have thunderbolt, and are only 20GB/s. I cannot even remember what they call the USB4 cables that actually have thunderbolt like performance (it’s not the same after all). 4.1 is still 5GB/s, 4.1 gen 2 is 10GB/s, 4.2x2 is 20GB/s, so what do they call the 40GB/s one? It’s not called thunderbolt, it still has the CPU hit that USB is known for, unlike thunderbolt. Is Apple shipping just plan Thunderbolt type C ports or are they true USB4 type “x” ports?