On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 9:36 PM Michael Hennebry <
henne...@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:

> As I cannot use my chromebook, grrrr, I've been looking for a lpatop.
> It seems that nothing connects to USB 2.
> They might have 3 to 17 USB C connectors,
> but I have abolutely nothing that can use those.
> I get it.
> USB 4 is the latest and greatest and only uses C connectors.
> Why no connectors for USB 2 at all?
>

USB-C signaling is compatible with USB 2, so there are cheap (US$10)
adapters
that allow you to connect a USB 2 cable/device to a USB C port.



>
> BTW it can be a pain discovering what kind of connections a laptop has.
> Usually an ad will mention HDMI and how great the internals are,
> but not what kind of USB connections or whether it will take an SD card.
>

Major vendors will have manuals available for download.   I also look for
a teardown video to see what is involved in replacing batteries, wifi,
memory, and SSD's.

-- 
George N. White III
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