EU rules on common chargers apply to laptops from today. It means that all new laptops sold in the European Union must now support USB-C charging.

In December 2024, the rules came into force for mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, videogame consoles, and portable speakers.

Laptop manufacturers were given a longer lead in time to allow for redesign and transition to the common charging system.

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Apple was just the only manufacturer to actually implement thunderbolt. Most PC manufacturers were content to just sit around and let IO on PCs suck. Very few PCs actually implemented it.

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