Available adapters for USB-C

In place of the classic USB standard is preparing to come entirely new - USB-C. In addition to increased capacity, and some other useful features, the novelty has one important advantage. As it is known, the USB - unbalanced port, and cable it can only be inserted one way. Most often, it turns out the third time: tried to insert - did not work, turned - did not work, and only the third time the quantum state of the connector becomes definite. After that, a connection port and the connector succeeds.

USB-C is devoid of this shortcoming: the new standard describes the fully symmetric connector which can be inserted into either of the two parties.

In connection with the advent of the first device, equipped with a standard connector USB-C, many users puzzled problem: where to get an analog adapter with the classic USB to USB-C? The proposed Apple brand is currently worth about $ 100, which is totally unacceptable price for a transitional interface. Manufacturers periphery already warning in advance and offered a couple of interesting options that may be of interest to users and contribute to the transition to the new standard.

To create a cozy ecosystem Company LaCie (In fact - the separation Seagate) offered users to purchase an external hard drive Porsche Design USB-C. As new MacBook, The device is equipped with a single connector USB-C standard. However, except for this feature, the device is a quite ordinary external hard disk, which are many.

Metal and very stylish body may slightly improve the situation, but only slightly: the novelty is a modification of the well-known model of the external drive porsche Design. So fans of stylish stuff this disc please. This does not give away and embarrassing.

Currently announced smaller version storage capacity of 500 GB and the size of 128 × 79 × 11 mm and slightly more than two dimensional model with a capacity of 1 and 2 and the TB size of 130 × 77 × 13 mm.

However, for those looking for a way to buy an adapter for the more interesting will be the new standard port that is in a box with a hard drive.

This is a short string, which is a cable in which one side is a connector USB-C, on the other - a classic USB-port version 3.0. Both connectors - "Pope."

Hard drives in this series (previous generation) are slightly less than $ 100, so that the proposal could find a buyer. Moreover, in addition to the adapter, a gift he'll get a good hard drive.

Those who are for the transmission or file transfer is actively using flash drives (not everywhere yet there are Wi-Fi), you should pay attention to another sentence. SanDiskannounced imminent start of sales stick Dual USB Drive, equipped with two connectors: one side is a full-size USB 3.0, and on the other - yet so inaccessible USB-C.

Unfortunately, the novelty is currently scheduled for release only in the version of 32 GB. But, given the popularity of SanDisk's products in Russia, is expected to appear in the device free sale on the Russian market is not only online, but also in convenience stores like DNS. Cost is not disclosed, but it is unlikely to exceed that observed for other luxury flash drives.

We have read? Fine. Then the main life hacking article. If you look on eBay, it is quite possible to find a shoelace from this hard drive LaCie production (or Chinese cellar, which puts the tag LaCie or similar), for five dollars. For example, here.