Our gadgets don't have to be as complicated to manage as a PC, but could it hurt to give us a little sneak peak at what's going on inside?
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We know next to nothing about the inner workings of our devices. And that’s without even mentioning their deep file systems or defragmenting drives. Those can stay in the 90s, thank you very much. But will it kill Google, Apple, and others to let us know how quickly we can expect our devices to charge with a given brick or whether that USB-C cable is up to the task? Google is offering a glimmer of hope with its new Chromebook update, but we’re really more in the dark than ever.
“Computers are pretty reliable because they have a long list of specifications, but smaller pieces of technology still lag behind in that regard,” Daivat Dholakia, product VP at Essenvia, a company that helps regulate medical devices, told Lifewire via email.
USB-C and Thunderbolt cables are a mess. Some can only provide power, some support data transfer up to 40Gb/s, some are good enough for high-resolution monitors, and others can barely sync an iPhone while it charges. Worst of all, there’s almost no way to know what a cable is capable of.
