The debut of the new MacBook has created some confusion on the USB front, the availability of the only port Type C has made a stir but, being a new standard, not everyone has understood the real difference compared to the past. Let's make it clear that USB Type C is not a proprietary system such as MagSafe or lightning used in the past, it is part of the standards approved by USB-if and falls into the family of USB 3.1.
To prove it was Google a few days later with the launch of the new Chromebook pixel with dual USB port Type C available. The advantage of this small connector are the different possibilities of use merged in a single cable, physically different from the others and able to provide:
Electric charging
USB 3.1 Gen 1 (up to 5 Gbps)
Native DisplayPort 1.2 Video output
VGA output using the USB-C VGA multiport Adapter
HDMI video output using the USB-C digital AV multiport Adapter
The USB Type C connector is reversible but physically incompatible with existing USB, to work with the standard 3.1 will then serve an adapter. As Apple has shown, the Type C is a handyman port that can support several tasks at the same time.
The USB Gen 1 is nothing but the first update after USB 3.0, which leads to a peak transfer rate of 5 Gbps and a considerable leap from the 480mbps of the USB 2.0. It will follow the USB 3.1 Gen 2 with transfer rates of up to 10 Gbps.
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