When will they all get good screens though? I`m not asking for much, just your bog standard 1080p IPS with acceptable colors and I`ll fix it with a calibration tool later but oh god let the TN die already. Lenovo is ESPECIALLY guily here.
Some older Lenovo's have connectors that are the size of a USB-A port but aren't USB-A. This has included plugs with a different shaped tongue so that non-USB devices won't fit into the socket and the plug won't fit into a USB socket. On more recent laptops its included power connectors that look like USB but with 1 corner pulled out so that the power brick won't fit into a normal USB plug. Those sockets look like they'd support a standard USB device; but I've never tried to see what would happen if I did.
Will they be losing a USB port though? That is the question.
As in will they decide that one of the existing USB-C ports will do double duty as the power port and not add in another USB (or Thunderbolt) port as a replacement.
One step closer to the no brand knock off Chinese brick people will buy off amazon for $14 being able to fry your $1500 device, and it can compromise your security too since it's got access to the USB bus.
It may fry the chip itself, though, so if there's only one PD port there'd be no other way to charge it. (Besides figuring out the voltage and splicing a USB C end onto a normal adapter of that voltage.)
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Hurr Durr - Friday, January 5, 2018 - link
When will they all get good screens though? I`m not asking for much, just your bog standard 1080p IPS with acceptable colors and I`ll fix it with a calibration tool later but oh god let the TN die already.Lenovo is ESPECIALLY guily here.
jordanclock - Friday, January 5, 2018 - link
You mean like the T580 that was just launched?https://www.anandtech.com/show/12204/lenovos-think...
Hurr Durr - Friday, January 5, 2018 - link
If their 1k dollar offerings don`t get this as a base option it just turns into a farce.neo_1221 - Friday, January 5, 2018 - link
No more power connectors that are the same size and shape as USB connectors? Hallelujah!Lord of the Bored - Friday, January 5, 2018 - link
I thought that was literally what this was.DanNeely - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
Some older Lenovo's have connectors that are the size of a USB-A port but aren't USB-A. This has included plugs with a different shaped tongue so that non-USB devices won't fit into the socket and the plug won't fit into a USB socket. On more recent laptops its included power connectors that look like USB but with 1 corner pulled out so that the power brick won't fit into a normal USB plug. Those sockets look like they'd support a standard USB device; but I've never tried to see what would happen if I did.Tams80 - Friday, January 5, 2018 - link
Will they be losing a USB port though? That is the question.As in will they decide that one of the existing USB-C ports will do double duty as the power port and not add in another USB (or Thunderbolt) port as a replacement.
stephenbrooks - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
Does it matter which USB-C port you plug this into?phoenix_rizzen - Monday, January 15, 2018 - link
Most likely, yes.Gunbuster - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
One step closer to the no brand knock off Chinese brick people will buy off amazon for $14 being able to fry your $1500 device, and it can compromise your security too since it's got access to the USB bus.bearhe96 - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
These ThinkPad laptops have a Anti-Fry protection in their USB C port.mkozakewich - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
It may fry the chip itself, though, so if there's only one PD port there'd be no other way to charge it. (Besides figuring out the voltage and splicing a USB C end onto a normal adapter of that voltage.)vlado08 - Saturday, January 6, 2018 - link
Why isn't there a Fuse for protection? Easy to replase.