ChrysanthemumIndica
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- Comment on HP laptop rejects Dell PSU on the basis of branding.. apparently. Crappy design, asshole design, or good design? 3 days ago:
I just responded to the other post, and I definitely agree with you that when you’re working with so many systems, knowing you have a baseline for the power supplies is important! (Especially given how sketchy those third-party adapters can be…)
But I will say I think it’s pretty anti -consumer, and not accidental at all, that there is vendor lock in there. And as I said in that reply, I think a setting in the BIOS with a warning (and maybe a warranty invalidation?) that allowed it would have been the more friendly approach, but I can only imagine how much the lawyers would yell about why that’s a bad idea, haha
USB-PD made me so happy, I was using my Apple power adapter with my Surface and Dell laptops and it was great!