Hacker News Reader

What do you plug in that means you need dongles?

Your screen can go into the USB-C, so can power. What else are you plugging into a laptop that can't be done over WiFi or Bluetooth?

View on HN

Yes, a screen’s HDMI can go to USB-C… with a dongle. Am I guaranteed the upstairs conference room will have one? Nope, better pack the dongle. USB drives, USB headphone/mic adapter, the list goes on and on. I’m not saying it has to bother you but it does me.

You can buy USB-C enclosures off eBay for like $10.

And the MacBooks have a 3.5mm headphone/microphone adapter.

And when the MacBook had HDMI I had to carry dongles for VGA and DisplayPort. One person's native format is another's required adapter.

Sure, but HDMI and mini-DisplayPort covered my needs pretty well without adapters. Was it perfect? No. Was it usually enough? Yes.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com