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I'm not saying get rid of all USB-A ports, even though we should just get rid of all USB-A ports. The thing is more similar in age to Apollo 11 than Artemis II. But why have so many of them? And so few USB-Cs?

Entry level motherboards in 2026 still don't have any USB-C back ports at all. Maybe 1 header. Mid-range boards might have 1 and only the highest end ones have 2 or 3. At the same time they'll have 75 USB 2 speed type-As. The same thing with cases. Why?

At least make it a 1:1 ratio? Why the hell are we still using a port that takes 3 tries to plug in in 2026 and is limited to 10Gbps in 99.5% of cases? If there are 6 USB ports on the back of a motherboard I want at least 3 to be type-C. And at least 1 port on the front of every case should be type-C. Preferably 2.

Is that too much to ask for? Or is the desktop PC community full of laggards who despise anything new? Laptops should not be having more ports of any kind than a box the size of a small fridge.

Also putting this in here. No mouse or keyboard or controller or DAC/amp dongle in 2026 should be type-A. We'll be having this conversation in 2050 otherwise.

Recently I've been thinking of whether to get a new laptop or upgrade to a pc. I do want some portability but I can use my old laptop for that, tho the specs on it arent great. The price for both are about the same, and also I play mostly rpg story games and stuff like minecraft. Which should I go with?

Edit: I'm also going to uni in 2 years and wanna probably be able to take it along with me.