If this ends up dead, I will blame the usb-c fanatics.
I have seen zero reports of anyone having issues with the sata connector, and imo it adds to the unique charm of the board.
Don’t kill ve.a by forcing it to be something different please
It's not a feature. It's a bug.
If your product has something that tons of potential customers hate and claim to be a dealbreaker, that's a bad design decision. Not a "unique charm point".
The fact that you cannot easily buy a backup cable for this board should be proof enough that this needs reconsideration to be worth calling a new version and not, you know, a glorified R2 at best.
I’m not going to argue much in this topic but this is my honest opinion on the sata bashing.
I like the Sata, you can easily buy replacements as well as sleeved cables (easier than type c imo?), I never had a sata cable fail on me ever, 500 inserts is the rating of the cable not the port, I still haven’t seen any reports of ve.a with broken port...
If no one had an issue with it ever, how is it a bug?
Imo it’s just people following a mainstream opinion.
Much of this mass outrage, such as sata causing latency issues is just based on opinion forming with no factual background.
(Yes sata ratings are factual. Claiming you are not able to buy replacement sata cables however is, at best, proof how ridicolous this whole argumentation has been and does not make your arguments more trust worthy. No offense)
Good design choices sometimes require to go against common believes.
It’s often better to follow the original vision than have it made generic by the opinion of many, that’s what a vision keeper usually does.
Argue how ever you like this is how I feel and I don’t mind not following common believe.
I know most of you formed different opinions, but I feel all this sata bashing will cause is v2 not beeing released at all.
I know sata ratings are a fact, and some might prefer type c, feel free to voice your opinion just please don’t turn this into a bashing.
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