Microsoft has sent out a press invite for a Microsoft event on October 2nd, in NYC. While the invite does not reveal much about the event, it is expected that new hardware will be announced.
What is on the agenda? Look for a refreshed Surface lineup to be shown off and the company may include the “Teams for Life” as well. While we don’t have to wait too much longer to find out, this invite did go out well-ahead of the usual two-week pre-event mark that the company had previously used for shipping invites.
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The event is about five weeks out and between now and then, IFA will be held which will give us a solid look at what many other vendors will be shipping for the holiday shopping season. In October, Microsoft will pull back the curtains on its refresh for what they hope will spur holiday retail sales.
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#452072">In reply to TEAMSWITCHER:</a></em></blockquote><p>I agree they should have T3 ports from a feature/selling point/checkbox checked perspective, but the real usage of these ports are, in my experience, still very uncommon. </p><p><br></p><p>I have a 2017 Macbook Pro and a 2018 T580 both have T3 ports, the Macbook ONLY hast T3 ports. I have never used a native T3 device in these ports. The Macbook has about $200 worth of dongles that I must drag around with it to make the computer usable. The T580 thankfully has many useful ports.</p><p><br></p><p>If I was buying new monitors and the USB-C versions were the same price as the non USB-C monitors then I would actually have a device that I could use on the T3 ports. I do have an external Samsung T5 SSD that did come with both USB-C and USB-A cables. However to make it the most compatible, between computers, I just leave the USB-A cable on the drive. Also since its a SATA SSD the USB-C bus speed wont matter. </p>
dontbeevil
<p>Glad that this article was written by Brad</p>
faustxd9
Premium Member<p>I am excited to see if they do release some updates headphones. I have been thinking about purchasing a pair of earbuds and would love to see what their take is on them.</p>