A standard USB A port is 4.5 mm, or just under 3/16". If your laptop is thicker than 3/16", you can fit a USB A port.
The tongue of a USB A port, which can be inserted into a male USB A connector is just under 3/32. Non-standard implementations have literally just been the tongue sticking out, though I've never seen it in a laptop.
Those people can just not use the USB A port and carry around an adapter for the USB C port.
But that non-standard design is the absolute lower limit, at just under 3/32". People have stuck USB A ports on business cards.
If your laptop is thicker than 3/16", there's no excuse for not having a standard USB A port.
Huh
A standard USB A port is 4.5 mm, or just under 3/16". If your laptop is thicker than 3/16", you can fit a USB A port.
The tongue of a USB A port, which can be inserted into a male USB A connector is just under 3/32. Non-standard implementations have literally just been the tongue sticking out, though I've never seen it in a laptop.