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hey what is up guys I'm QB HD here and my last video was about the new MacBook the super thin super light new laptop from Apple and it got a lot of chatter for a bunch of reasons but mainly the fact that it only has one port struck in a single USBC port on the side which got people talking like is this important should I take note of this now this USB C thing is that a big deal what does Apple trying to say about USB see so this is everything you need to know about USB type-c so there's a bunch of different new ports out there that you might have seen hdmi 2.0 DisplayPort thunderbolt and lightning just to name a few and they're all pioneered by different manufacturers because they all have different purposes they're all built to do different things Thunderbolt for example designed by Intel and made specifically to attach peripherals to a computer Lightning is designed by Apple it's made specifically to charge and connect low power accessories like iPhones and iPads then seemingly out of nowhere we get this USB see it seems like just another new port but the key to USB see is the U it's Universal USB can be used by anyone anywhere it's not proprietary and that's why pretty much every Android phone you see out there has a USB port of some kind so USB see is USB 3.1 so we've probably all seen a computer with USB 2.0 ports those are everywhere and over the past couple of years we've seen more and more of these USB 3.0 ports those are the SuperSpeed ones that usually have blue on the inside so now we're looking at USB 3.1 and a smaller type-c connector the port so that's why this is called USB type-c USB 2.0 and 3.0 come in the form of full size USB but also micro USB and mini USB and a bunch of other versions USB 3.1 is just the one tiny port so you have it in laptops but you can also have it in computers and tablets and smartphones and monitors pretty much everything can use this tiny port so how is it better than the previous version how is USB 3.1 type-c better than USB 2.0 or 3.0 number one it's smaller and thinner so it can fit in the thinnest of the thin devices along with all thick normal-sized one number two it's super versatile it can carry up to a hundred watts of power so you can charge full-size electronics and it can carry data at up to ten gigabits per second which is a super high data transfer rate you can run a 4k monitor off of this you can run a super fast SSD raid into something off of this it's very fast and very powerful and number three it's backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and 2.0 and it's reversible so you can plug it in the right way the first time every single time so USB C and it's a reversible glory is great and everything but where are we going to start to see this be used is it going to be popular in the future yes it's going to be everywhere new MacBook might be one of the first to use USB C but it will definitely not be the only one and I guess this is Apple being super aggressive and very Apple about it about making a statement that USB C is a future by making it the only port in their new machine but it's certainly going to be a lot more plentiful in the second generation in fact I can pretty much guarantee the second generation of this thin and light new MacBook will have more than one USB port quote me this is the Chromebook pixel it came out recently and which look at that it has two USB sea ports one on either side which is actually really convenient because you can choose to plug in to power on the left side or the right side just based on where you are on your desk it's nice now these early machines with just one or two USB C ports on them are not exactly meant to be powerhouses if you've noticed a theme it's a Chromebook and a tiny sort of a netbook style so they're not meant to connect a lot of peripherals to them and if you do want to you'll need adapters and press me they're willing to sell you lots and lots of adapters for now but in the future machines that are meant to be more powerful will have many more USB C ports expect to see this port in not only a bunch of laptops but a bunch of tablets and a bunch of future smartphones and basically anywhere you see a USB port now whether it's full size or micro USB or mini USB expect that to turn into a USB C port pretty soon so we'll get this in products from not just Apple and Google but Samsung and Motorola and Asus and there's actually already a Nokia and one but with just a USB type-c port already I also check out this clip from a Google video and you can say what you want about what the next Nexus looks like already but I think this is a pretty good indication that that too will have a USB C port we at Google are very committed to the USB type-c spec expect to see this in a lot of Chromebooks and Android phones and their near future so there you go I think it's safe to say that computers of the future will have plenty of USB seaports laptops of the future will just be lined with a bunch of USB C and that's the vision I guess the dream is to just have one charger that you can charge any of your electronics with would be nice so USB C is on its way in get ready for it buy your adapters now while they're cheap they're not from Apple thanks for watching I'll talk to you guys in the next one peace