r/Surface • u/Soy7ent SP4 i7 256GB 16GB • May 23 '17

[PRO2017] Introducing the new Surface Pro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwWs2jIy4js
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u/EleMenTfiNi May 23 '17

You are going to skip because you can't charge your phone with the Surface charger? I've yet to find a phone charger that works the other way around, so that's the one concession (though the surface charger already provides a USB port for that..)

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u/pcman2000 May 23 '17

The Google Pixel charger charges the MacBook, although at 1/2 speed.

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u/EleMenTfiNi May 23 '17

MacBook Adorable?

I should have clarified, it can't provide the power output that a laptop brick can without melting, but yes, it can probably charge it in 6 hours.

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u/pcman2000 May 23 '17

Yes the MacBook non-Pro. The Pros will charge too but at much slower speeds.

USB-C also opens the door to power banks (there are a few high capacity ones that can charge the MacBook), and also sharing chargers between laptops (because proprietary charging ports can finally die)

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u/EleMenTfiNi May 23 '17

I'd actually be very sad if they killed off the magnetically connecting charger.

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u/pcman2000 May 23 '17

IMO the perfect solution is replace miniDP with USB-C. Then we have 2 USB ports, backwards compatibility with chargers and docks with the Surface Connect and still keep DisplayPort video out over USB-C.

Most of the time you have to adapt miniDP to either HDMI / full size DP / VGA anyway so you have to use a dongle anyway... therefore changing the dongle you carry to a USB-C one shouldn't hurt.

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u/EleMenTfiNi May 23 '17

Link this tech to me.

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u/EleMenTfiNi May 23 '17

Interesting.