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That compatibility list pointedly leaves out the original Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4. For starters, the adapter is only certified to work on the Surface Laptop, the Surface Pro (2017), and the new Surface Pro LTE. With the Surface Connect to USB-C Adapter, the experience was not quite as smooth. In several months of daily use, I had no major issues. Essentially, it turns the Surface Book, a powerful PC in its own right, into an impressive desktop replacement.

I've used the Surface Book and Surface Pro (2017) with the Surface Dock and the experience is excellent. The Surface Dock has no USB Type-C connectors. But its Surface Connector means it's literally a useless brick if I want to temporarily swap in one of the Dell or Apple laptops I have at hand and use it with the big display and external keyboard and mouse connected to that dock. Microsoft has its own docking station, the $200 Surface Dock, which works well with every member of the current Surface family. Read also: USB Type-C is taking over - here are the phones to prove it - CNET The point of Microsoft's dongle is to serve as a bridge between its proprietary Surface Connect port, with its blade-shaped, magnetic connector, and an alternate universe filled with USB Type-C chargers and, more importantly, USB Type-C docking stations that include power delivery, wired Ethernet, connections to high-resolution external displays, and multiple USB ports. Microsoft's Surface Connect to USB-C Adapter. At $80, this is one pricey dongle, especially given that its entire function is to help connect USB Type-C chargers, docks, and storage devices to the proprietary Surface Connector on a Surface Book or Surface Pro. I thought about this when I began testing an eagerly awaited new Microsoft peripheral, the Surface Connect to USB-C Adapter. Which camp do I fall into? Let's put it this way: Compatibility with USB Type-C is a major factor in every hardware decision I make these days, and that's not good news for Apple or Microsoft.

My colleague Jason Perlow is in the former camp, arguing this week that USB Type-C is "the iPhone charging connector Steve Jobs would have wanted." That's a marked contrast to what Adrian Kingsley-Hughes wrote last fall, when he called the standard "a dumpster fire."