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USB-C did not end the charger drawer. Wattage did.

One port, five bricks, and a laptop that still wants its own.

Tech & gadgets · 18h ago

The connector matched. The power profiles did not. A 20W brick will fill a phone and starve a laptop. A 100W brick will do both and still confuse a cheap cable.

The honest kit in 2026 is one high-watt charger, two cables you trust, and a label on the rest so they do not migrate back into the bag.

Standards closed the port argument. They did not close the drawer.

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