Your next laptop may be a lot thinner and the most important interface on it may not be the keyboard, the touchpad or the screen.
The IFA trade show here shows two welcome and rapidly accelerating trends in the Windows PC market. One is the increasing use of USB-C ports to actually charge laptops, rather than just connect external devices, and the other is the addition of fingerprint readers that work with Microsoft’s Windows Hello software to let you quickly and securely log into your PC.
Does this USB port make my laptop look fat?
USB-C ports are a lot thinner than regular USB connectors and have no up or down there’s no irritating moment when you realize you tried to plug in a cable upside down. But they’ve remained relatively rare in laptops since their high-profile debut in Apple’s 12-inch MacBook last spring.
The IFA trade show here shows two welcome and rapidly accelerating trends in the Windows PC market. One is the increasing use of USB-C ports to actually charge laptops, rather than just connect external devices, and the other is the addition of fingerprint readers that work with Microsoft’s Windows Hello software to let you quickly and securely log into your PC.
Does this USB port make my laptop look fat?
USB-C ports are a lot thinner than regular USB connectors and have no up or down there’s no irritating moment when you realize you tried to plug in a cable upside down. But they’ve remained relatively rare in laptops since their high-profile debut in Apple’s 12-inch MacBook last spring.
