India is following EU's footsteps. Per a report by Livemint, policymakers in India are about to enforce USB-C connectors on all smartphones and laptops....
  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    They need to mandate that the laptop USB C connectors be located on a user replaceable daughterboard. They are easy to break and hard to replace. Sending a motherboard to the landfill because of a broken charge connector should be unacceptable.

  • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    The only problem I have with this is that USB-C PD can only go to 240w, which is fine for most laptops but my current gaming laptop has a 240w power brick and it only has a 3060 in it. The 3080 and 3090 variants had 300w+ bricks IIRC.

    I don’t live in India, but I hope gaming laptops get some sort of exception if their power draw can exceed the specification limits.

    • B0rax@feddit.de
      112·
      3 days ago

      To be honest: a laptop that requires 240W of power is really not a portable laptop anymore, is it?

      The battery wouldn’t last even half an hour, and that would be with the maximum 100Wh you can take on an airplane.

    • rowdy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      I suspect they can still include the barrel PD jack if they so choose. For example, my MacBook Pro still has MagSafe, but I can also charge via the USB-C ports.

      • palitu@aussie.zone
        12·
        3 days ago

        I don’t think that you would team them, but add a barrel jack for the big charger.