• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    Anyway, why do they still ship these bricks? I’ve got a 65W GaN that works just as well, and is the size of a phone adapter. Even has extra type C and type A ports, though the output to extra ones depends on output to main.
    And they cost about the same too.

    Carrying around a brick with one permanently attached cable and one more IEC cable just to power a basic office laptop feels stupid.

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      No idea. I assume it’s because they have them already or they are cheaper to manufacture than the more compact GaN power supplies.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      Yep, still standard with business laptops and game consoles. Although most laptops are usb-c now, so they don’t really need it.

    • Hexarei@beehaw.org
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      2 days ago

      Yeah they make no sense for most devices. For high end gaming laptops I can understand it though - My laptop has a 300W brick that is as slim as I would bet they could get it at the time.