Chargers: The Most ANNOYING Thing About Laptops
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Why haven't laptop chargers been standardized like phone chargers?
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Oh man, after seeing Linus w/o a beard... it looks weird now. How the tables have turned.
how the turn tables
No.
*How the turns have tabled*
RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. ruclips.net/video/VCNhzBB2aMU/видео.html 1 min vid.
@@poingpoing6840 If they bought their card in 2018, I think they aren't upset. If they bought in 2020, especially the last couple of months, then it's mildly reasonable. There was plenty of rumor mill about the jump being huge with Ampere (usually around 50% for some), so a good move would've been to wait before buying. I have been waiting too.
@@ljdj09 That's actually a legitimate RUclips link. If you share a RUclips video from the 'Share' button, it'll give you a domain that looks like that. I'm not sure why they do it, maybe for tracking?
This almost feels like a reupload from a while ago due to the b-roll used.
RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. ruclips.net/video/VCNhzBB2aMU/видео.html 1 min vid.
Ice cream man you sad little man. I feel bad for you. You need to try and clickbait people to get joy.
@@poingpoing6840 stfu
there was black panther on linus' netflix :'(
That and I don't believe Magsafe is a thing anymore, just usbc
0:45 yes emo linus is back lol
Who is it?
emo linus playing minecraft. lol
@@dzimlee old footage then?
@@shadowdugify search for "linus cat headphones"
@@waloieich2116 mmm. Perhaps the best b-roll ever.
Remember the xkcd "Competing Standards" comic?
There are 15 competing standards.
"This is stupid. We should replace all these with one optimal standard."
There are now 16 competing standards.
Oh, no. Please don't mention this. Manufacturers could use this as a business idea.
It was so good they agreed upon micro USB and USB C for phones despite it was the 16th standard.
@@sekrasoft, don't forget that they agreed upon USB because EU threatened to regulate them.
0:48 linus be looking real edgy
Bruh what even
From the best video ever.
RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. ruclips.net/video/VCNhzBB2aMU/видео.html 1 min vid.
where’s the beard?
informitas 0 fun fact I have a photo somewhere of me wearing my ex’s pair of those headphone LMAO
Therapist: Scene Linus isn‘t real, he can‘t hurt you
Scene Linus: 0:47
He reminds me a bit of the singer from AFI with that look ngl
linus is dead XD
good one
NGL did a double take on that. Props to whomever did the makeup. Fantastic job.
Was from Razer Phone 2 review, if you wanna know
0:50 Linus Edgy Tips
0:47 Linus Goth Tips
I think it's emo...
@@gsp3987 eh they both wanna be so edgy they shit bats
"Big gaming ROG phones"
Proceeds to show Razer phone
that's what I call artistic license. lol
he said rgb i think
There really should have been a magnetic variant for the USB standard.
There are 3rd part cable makers that have that. The part that plugs into the phone barely sticks out, and snaps to the rest of the cable.
@@pyrojj I've seen them and they seem pretty cool, however it's not the same as having a USB standard that does it.
In the land of hypothetical, imagine a phone that has some sort of USB pad instead of a plug. Yes wireless charging is a thing, but it doesn't compare to having a physical game connected.
not enough power... hence why they gave up on it..
it would destroy hard drives
groszak1 magnets (with pretty high power, unless your setting the magnet on the actual drive) only damage spinning platter hard drives.... Not SSD, or flash style drives. And in the case of apples demonstration with magsafe connectors on their laptops for years.... Use a magnet that isn't very powerful so it doesn't matter what the drive is. So yes, a large rare earth magnet or something similar will damage a drive, but it unless your under weird circumstances, you could have a bag of basic magnets sitting on your computet, as long as they aren't within like a foot or two the hard drive, while its in use.
That’s why I use nuclear power to charge my laptops
@@rishab7746 Its not but ok
I use child labor
Echo same
@@anirudhtammireddy464 same bruh, much cheaper than nuclear fission
@@rishab7746 Nuclear power is THE safest form of power with wind coming in a distant second
Invested in a Radio Flyer Red wagon and a Sears Die Hard battery..........Hard to lose
RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. ruclips.net/video/VCNhzBB2aMU/видео.html 1 min vid.
@@ljdj09 youtu.be is youtube's actual link shortener. hes just spamming a video
Sears in gone man. :(
And car batteries cost twice what they did a couple years ago. :(
@@ljdj09 no bruh its just a funny meme
Did you guys forget you had shot this video a few years back and decided to upload it?
Because none of apple's laptops use magsafe anymore, at least not since 2017
yeah old video...
Finally someone took notice of the corporate greed in the annoyance called charging brick of laptops
That's some old roll, beardless Linus. o.O
RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. ruclips.net/video/VCNhzBB2aMU/видео.html 1 min vid.
All I know is that a barrel plug cancels any sale for me with respect to laptops. USB-C or bust. It's 2020. Make the barrel go away.
Agreed! have nightmare finding the right barrel size despite have same brand after my bricks dying from ridiculously light usage bang! turns out i've gotten a knock off ones and it broke on day 2! Nope nope type c all the long for my next purchase
@@MaseraSteve2 I bought a second to last Gen Spectre X360 with a C charger. All my devices are now C. I take one charger on the road with me. It's amazing. 10/10.
@@agenericaccount3935 ah that's good news it's the future! Also Nice pick btw you're pretty good at picking the adapter compatible for it.
I Read on Forum it's always 50/50 cause people are clueless to which wattage it'll accept (which is 65w if below that it'll reject)
The only reason why I am choosing macbook over another laptop.
@@yokowasis Cringe bro
0:47 Linus has turned into the edgy gothic teen version of myself.
I must say that thunderbolt and charging over type c has been a great improvement to my life on a laptop. Factory brick is 130w and my more portable brick and docking station both give 80w and I've never had any issues with overpowering them, even gaming or using cad.
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0:45 Linus as a Goth girl is I think the best clip i've ever seen
I had the unfortunate circumstance that my laptop charger broke while I was on vacation in the USA. Now I have a US outlet chargers, and nowhere to use it.
Lucky back home I could claim warranty on my European charger, so at least I didn't had to buy 2 new chargers.
I’m pretty sure that there are adapters from us outlets - Europe outlets
I've never seen a fixed power cable on a laptop charger before. Surely you can get a standard cable with a local plug on it?
For the most part laptop chargers are dull voltage - supporting 120 and 2240. With a symple pin adapter you should be able to use the US charger in Europe.
M-m-maybe you can go to China. I think they use the same plug, but I'm not sure
....so just swap out the wall power lead. That's the only difference on international models.
This is why I always record my chargers’ specs. My favorite place to pick up spares and replacements is Goodwill. Other secondhand stores work too, just make sure the specs are the same for your device.
Laptops are just a meme.
Always has been
@@Al-Basha_ Always will be
"THE PERFECT GAMING LAPTOP?"
"MY NEW FAVORITE LAPTOP?"
- Jarrod'sTech
@@dr.martinlroberts1908 Welcome to the joke.
Oh hello there
Wanted a backup adapter for my (4) HP Spectre laptops. Price was $200 each... to power a $850 laptop. Oh and the cord that connects it to the wall outlet, that's sold separately for an additional $25.
That's some apple tactics right there
That definitely is the most annoying thing about laptops, even before them often not being correctly labeled at the USB-C port so you can tell if it supports displays and/or charging. I work for a big german hardware retailer and it's so annoying that there often is no easy way to find replacement chargers for customers. It makes me sick how many different connectors there are even when you look at just one brand. There definitely is no necessity for this (not at this scale). Laptop producers have a big opportunity be become more customer friendly here.
1:52 i had this happen to me once, my charger broke so i tried to use one from an old laptop while i waited for the new one to get here, i couldnt even open games while using that thing
That's just an excuse. Laptop manufacturers CAN create a universal charging connector with same voltage for all laptops, they just aren't willing to. It would be WAY better for convenience of the user and the environment if we had a single standard for gaming laptops, but nope, manufacturers don't want that.
Until USB-C can push 100+ Watt comfortably, it's unlikely to make much of a dent in the laptop charger market. I'd much rather see a dedicated, universal charger connector type that's just for charging. Ideally with a feature like Magsafe.
Magsafe saved a few of my Macbooks from getting pulled onto the ground when someone tripped over the cord, so I know first-hand how great that system was. 'Was', because Apple abandoned it and uses USB-C so that now you can have your $2,500 Macbook crash into the ground just like a $500 Walmart laptop using a barrel jack charger.
2:47 "HP's USB-C connectors still require HP chargers, according to the company."
That's false. I have an HP Probook 430 for client work and a personal HP Envy x360 13" OLED and they both work off an $8.99 Anker 60 watt USB-C charger.
The same charger works for my Dell Latitude 14" corporate laptop and my Lenovo 910.
So... yeah, if you care at all about this just get a laptop with USB-C charging and make sure whatever USB-C charger you buy supports the voltage range you need.
They probably say that because some idiot will grab a low power phone charger and act surprised when a 5W charger won't charge a 50W laptop.
my envy x360 comes with a barrel-type power supply but also supports PD on its USB-C port. 60W PD supplies will charge it normally, but 18W will only charge when it's powered off and obviously much slower (but it's kind of useful you can use a phone-style charger in a pinch). there's next to no official documentation on it though, particularly about whether it can work with the 45W profile (i've measured it at up to about 59W on a 65W charger) since i've found exactly one PD charger on the market that uses a detachable input cable and extra A ports but isn't a bulky 6-port monstrosity and it's only 45W
Why is no one talking about Linus as a random girl with pink hair playing minecraft
It's from an old video
@@informitas0117 which one?
@@teogonzalezcalzada5812 review of some gaming phone
@@teogonzalezcalzada5812 Cat ear headphones review
0:45
I've got an iGo laptop charger from 10 years ago that claimed to be a universal replacement that just needed to replace tips, but as far as I can tell the company's no longer around and you can't find tips for newer laptops. It works fine with my 8 year old Toshiba Satellite and it worked with the Satellite I had before that. But my newer Acer laptop has a smaller connector than the one labeled Acer that was included, so I'm S.O.L. with it now.
Suggestion for future vid: how about covering chargers, their power output & effect they have on our devices. Is it OK to charge your iPhone with a Macbook power adapter, etc?
2:42 - I *"C"* what you did there
Hard to lose my phone charger when it never moves.
RTX 2080 ti owners reaction to Nvidia. ruclips.net/video/VCNhzBB2aMU/видео.html 1 min vid.
ya lol my laptop and phone charger are in the same place 24/7
@@obadanw Mine isn't. And I had to buy a 3rd party charger for my laptop because original wasn't available. Another reason why I hate windows laptops. A billion different charging ports and none of them chargers are easy to find.
@@rohitk8797 They're all easy to find if you just search by your laptop model.
@@rohitk8797, meanwhile Apple changes the power plug for no reason to sell more adapters. ;)
But seriously, we get it, you're an Apple fan boy.
I'm glad there's a shop that sells actual laptop chargers at my area. They just need to know the specs of your charger.
When I moved to France, I forgot my laptop charger in Italy. It was cheaper to have it shipped to whete I was living than to buy a new one.
My issue isn't that I lose chargers, it's that the wires split over time and stop working or become a fire hazard. Just had to buy a replacement charger for my laptop this week, hopefully it works decently...
probably badly designed cables (like apple's intentionally crappy greenwashing cables) + questionable storage (try not to 'kink' the cable too hard, put any sharp bends in it or wrap it too tightly around the brick)
me as a genius: low power=1 usb-c plugged in
high power= 2 or more usb-c plugged in
engineers cant even fathom my idea, smh
You really wouldn’t need to do this... USB-PD over a single USB-C connector can deliver as much as 100W of power. Most laptops only require from 40-60W of power to charge. So a single USB-C connection can work for both low power and high power.
@@LittleWhole unless high power laptop is this at 1:15
@@LittleWhole if i dont see any gaming rig works with one usb-c then youre not as genius as me.
Hey guys, technical question here. I have a usb c laptop charger that supports four outputs, with the lowest being 5v 3a, and I have wireless earbuds (wf-xb700) that use USB-C. I don't have any other USB-C cable, so would it be safe to use my laptop charger to charge my earbuds?
0:45
If Alienware was gonna have a clean shaven humanoid mascot.
MagSafe was one of the best power connector for a laptop :/ Sad that it isn't in use anymore :(
if only there was a usb c MagSafe
@@pkj6684 usb c MagSafe would be even better than the original one (of course in the same quality standart as the original)
The word “gaming” and “phone” do not go together
They do if youre razer
Try to use one first before vomiting nonsense
@@raventhorX typing this from the very Razer Phone 2. In 2018 the high refresh was game changing. Now most phones have high refresh and the snapdragon 845 or better. So basically this "gaming phone" has become something that runs hotter than most, for some extra clock speed. Its also not bright enough, and the speakers are great, but ugly after particles get in them
When my MacBook Air was my primary I bought a small backup charger just in-case I left my main charger behind somewhere.
I wanna do the same for my current laptop but I don’t know where to begin looking.
My problem with these new usb-c chargers is the fact that they're solid plugs and cannot be rotated as the round barell jacks can. Although my biggest problem was finding one that has a good keyboard with a numpad, a healthy amount of ports and removable battery. Fortunately gaming laptops seems to fill these requirements well instead of going for apple-ish aesthetics as the thin crappy "ultrabooks" (???) seem to do.
Also status LEDs on front. Love them!
Hey Linus, come sit on this couch for a minute shrouded in mood lighting.
Linus: why?
Uhhhhh b-roll. Yeah. B-roll 😍
laughs in usb c
The Surface Pro 2 charger had a major issue in that it was designed for the US market and failed to charge if the mains current dropped below a certain amount. i discovered this in Western Australia during the afternoon in summer when the mains current drops due to use of A/C by the population. The device could not be charged for at least half the day on a hot day.
I work as a hardware tech for an MSP, most clients that send in devices with charging issues bought generic chargers with less wattage than the original one, or they think because it fits it should work
0:45 goth linus
I didnt lost my laptop charger...i just lost my laptop
F
F
U
Have you guys considered making desktop wallpapers of your shirt designs? They look really cool as shirts, and I'd love to be able to have them as my background.
Another problem these companies are superficially creating is that they are starting to not allow 3rd party chargers to charge laptops and pops up a warning saying it’s not their proprietary charger and won’t charge because of it. They claim it’s to safe guard the laptop but they could easily just provide a warning that it’s not a safe charger but let it do it’s thing.
"We may see (awkward silence)"
We may see
WHEEZE
I thought I lost my old Lenovo x1 charger. I panicked since I’d have to go on eBay and pay $30 and wait a week for this thing to arrive.....was soo happy when I found it folded and packed neatly in a drawer, out of the way...saved a gigantic headache since it’s my only running workstation at the moment
0:01 Laughs in laptop with usb-c charging port.
i like techquicky its a cool channel!
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The most annoying thing about laptops is ...
The fact I cannot afford one
it's true.
desktop computers are cheaper
Don't bother laptops are no good.
With every windows monthly update it sucks more and more my laptop isn't charging after a windows update. now I have to take it to a service center to fix there mess
@@hunterhussain809 Just switch to Linux and thank me later.
The worst about laptops are their Graphic cards and the fact i can't improve mine
Just buy a used ThinkPad X220/X230/T420/T430
I'm not excited to see dual laptop power supplies becoming a thing, i dunno why but ive been noticing that it seems to be a becoming more common lately especially on bigger already annoying to carry around laptops.
Are we just letting his reference to a garburator slide by without a mention?!?! Made me homesick. Thanks James!
Type c charging all the way!!!
* 0:53 exists *
Xiaomis 120 W charging: I am going to destroy this mans whole career
Xiaomi’s 120W wired charging is even faster than the maximum limit of USB-PD which is 100W... which is insane to think about
Laptop could get wayy more
Another thing
What happened to the Golden medium between thin-and-lights and THICC heavy gaming laptops? You know, the ones that are a little over half an inch thick with full sized ethernet jacks without feeling like chonky beasts from the early 2000s. the thin-and-light craze is driving me nuts, cool to look at in a show room and it has its place, but doesn't mean stop making designs just thick enough to have a ethernet jack , plus more room for cooling. ( more preformance without feeling super big. So the form factor of the 2011 macbook pro would be what I find perfect for me.
I got really lucky when my ASUS charger broke, I had a suitable Toshiba charger from a previous laptop, that worked perfectly and had a much longer cable.
This will be a very informative video for every 11yo.
Most techquickie videos these days
Why'd you say that?
Techquickie exists to quickly answer simple questions for which people on the internet might be searching. If you already knew the answer to the video’s question, then you shouldn’t have even clicked on it.
Gtfo
@@Nogha12 I clicked on Techquickie not Techdummy with eyeJustine
one of the few reasons i like my macbook: it can charge from a battery bank
I agree
So do XPS laptops
So you are among those who don't mind paying a premium for low performance to price.
Rohit Pawar Yea I got hosed cuz I bought the 2018 macbook pro fully spec’d out before all the issues with overheating were discovered. I think the new 16’ macbook pros are good but still way too expensive
As every modern notebook
The first aftermarket PowerBook charger melted after a few months use. Nowadays, I’m glad to see USB-PD is used in all of Apple’s notebooks and a lot of other companies’ laptops. USB-PD is a purchasing factor for me nowadays
Ok but like how do I get a charger that fits my laptops needs if I have a rtx 4060 mobile and a i7 12850H and my charger is only 150 watts. What charger do I need so it fits my requirements?
Come visit India, we swap almost everything 😂
Yes I swapped my da-
*Wait*
Oh yeah. Our classic jugaad.
Ya i swapped my macbook charger for my rog pc charger qnd here i am at the apple store
Sarigga cheppavu brother
Huh?
I'm sad that he hasn't talked about the USB Power Delivery standard, which allows universal type-c chargers on some modern laptops.
2:42
Just wish manufactures would make standards for connectors and wattage and name them decently like 45W=class1, 65W=class2, 90W=class3 and so on. Like how many sizes do we really need? 45, 65, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210 would cover like 95%
If you get a third party charger for your iPhone it is not unreasonable to assume that the charging chip may dies from it because it can't handle a different charger that is not Apple-made.
within a minute!
The annoying thing is that they exist
Techquickie: have you seen cursed linus?
Me: no...?
Techquickie: would you like to?
0:26 Wow, Linus shaved and trimmed, it's like a "then versus now" clip. R.I.P. Linus's barber! 😂😋
00:57 says: rog phone, shows: razer phone. 😂
Claim your “ Here before a million views” ticket here
This video is never getting a million views. Be realistic.
This will get to 500K in a few weeks but not a million.
@@MikhaelAhava Maybe?
Guys I need help , got a ASRock 970m pro 3 with 2 dead capacitors .....
I can't find the same ones.
Only markings are
5ky141
820
3v
any tips on another that may be compatible would be much appreciated 😁😁
You total forgot to mention that EU is the cause why we have USB for phone charging.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_external_power_supply
We just need same thing to happen to laptops.
Have your "Before 2,000 views ticket"
Claim your “free RTX 3090” here
2:43 I died at the look on his face 😂😂
The thumbnail looks like he wants to burn my house down
Never been this early
Same
Usually I’m 3 years late
Dont forget that even tho MagSafe chargers have same endings (1 or 2) they are different electrically. 85W charger has wastly different V and A then 60W despite having same connector at the end.
If you want to have multiple variations of charger power you should variate Amps and leave Volts at the same. Using a wrong charger stresses your mac battery and shortens its life (applies to both big charger to small laptop or small charger to big one, but the smaller charger damages big batteries more as they have not enough V)
Just had this experience with my general dynamics laptop. Asked a guy in the store where they had the chargers and the first thing he asks is what brand i have. Not exactly sold on store shelves but they used a fairly standard connector thankfully. Told him i had an Asus as i have an asus laptop that uses the same connector
When he is talking about the usb-c charging option there was a moment you could tell he was waiting for a techlinked riley response😆
Throws laptop away, then carries Desktop PC around everywhere!!
Men im frustrated, my chargers wire was broke i soldered it n it was working but after 6 month it broke perma n then the lockdown came, i ordered charger then it took it 2+ month and still that didnt came i cancelled it n i ordered 3 times n 3 times it was so late.
There is another VERY evil thing that some manufacturers do, that is not deciding if the charger is center positive or center negative.
It might fit, but if the polarity is reversed, expect a protection diode to blow the hell up in your laptop or other device in general.
Then
I literally just drop my laptop charger into a water bucket (by mistake duh) and this video shows up 🤣
There was a pulse wave ad playing ... and I thought the video had started
Is this really a problem? Have I just gotten lucky buying chargers off amazon? All you gotta do is check or look up the wattage and put like "HP 65W charger" in and it works fine in my expeirence.
One of your air pods whent down the garbrader?
I am happy me and my wife both have a Surface with the Surface connector port. She left her charger at her office but it is not a big deal, being able to share the charger in the meantime. The magnetic solution has save my Book a couple of times
I have a question
Recently my laptop stoppee working and it has hard drive errors. As of now i cant affort buying a new harddrive. Can i use my laptop using windows to go usb. Please help me 🙏😭😩
Can we get more b-roll footage of goth Linus playing Minecraft on a phone at a park bench please?
I really liked this vid.its something most might not think about but still a very valid and relevant question to ask. Might not seem interesting but it certinly was. Thank you.
Not to rant on an old video but, what does the cord have to be soldered to the AC adapter? That’s what always breaks on mine and the only part I need replaced.
To be fair I want a folding laptop and tablet
Like one is Android and one is windows.
As long as the plug fits, and charger is same volt and amps I see no worry using it with other laptop than it was delivered for. Like older Asus charger could be used with Toshiba and vice versa.