My point wasn’t to connect USB C devices to the laptop, but rather a monitor. A quick check on the Interwebs confirms that Thunderbolt 3 uses USB C connectors, but it’s not just a renamed USB technology it’s different. My USB C cable plugs into the XPS laptop’s Thunderbolt 3 port perfectly. Sure enough, it’s actually a USB C connector. I have Thunderbolt ports on my iMac, which is how I connect its second monitor.īut - wait a sec - that Thunderbolt 3 port looks familiar. Thunderbolt is known to me as a Mac technology. No display output port is visible on the device. Turns out, after looking in the flimsy pamphlet that accompanied the laptop, these items are: a battery-charge status button and lamps, Thunderbolt 3 port, and a security cable slot. Never mind! The sucker doesn’t have a video port or a mini-Display port or HDMI or any other video-output technology.Īs I meander around the laptop’s edge, I see: The power connector, a USB port on either side, a headphone jack, an SD Card slot, and other mystery items labeled with cryptic symbols. Now that I have an enjoy a new laptop, and I’ve installed all my favorite (non-Microsoft) software and disabled many of the annoying features in Windows 10 (adios, Cortana), I’m ready to hook the gizmo up to a nice, widescreen monitor.
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