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Reading the comments I'm surprised so many people think 20 usb ports is so out of this world. For me this would be great! The list below isn't 20, but its stil

by Urgo 6y ago

Reading the comments I'm surprised so many people think 20 usb ports is so out of this world. For me this would be great! The list below isn't 20, but its still 14 and honestly I could find more things to keep plugged in w/o much effort either. - mouse - keyboard - keyboard extra power - audio - streamdeck - webcam - printer - photo scanner - card reader - phone - microphone - digital camcorder - controller - usb drive

ohazi 6y ago
> keyboard extra power Come again?
- lb1lf 6y ago
  Not OP, but presumably the keyboard is fitted with a USB hub requiring extra power.
- Urgo 6y ago
  My understanding was the second plug powered the LED lights in the keyboard but now I'm not 100% sure if its for that or just for the passthrough USB port on the keyboard itself.. maybe both?
- arcticbull 6y ago
  Sometimes USB keyboards with PS/2 backward compatibility have 2 plugs, one for they keyboard you can use with a USB to PS/2 passive adapter, and one that supports a built-in hub or some other secondary high-power feature such as RGB. I suspect this has more to do with PS/2 compatibility than it does requiring a second port's worth of power.
noizejoy 6y ago
... and numerous midi controllers, instruments, and other musical gadgets in my home studio :-)
- ClikeX 6y ago
  And the iLock. Don't forget that waste of USB space.
jwr 6y ago
Don't forget: - yubikey And those of us working on electronics routinely connect another bunch of devices: - logic analyzers - oscilloscopes - JTAG interfaces - USB microscope - dev board interfaces - android embedded devices - multimeters That's why I'm so annoyed by manufacturers (hi Apple) reducing port counts and moving to USB-C only.
- cogburnd02 6y ago
  I do stuff with electronics & retrocomputing so add on top of that a bunch of USB->serial adapters to connect to old hardware; let's see Apple //e TRS-80 Model 100 Vt330 terminal Plusdeck 2c cassette tape deck Lego serial IR tower for RCX Serial port for self-built cheap arduino clone (an NKC electronics freeduino serial) ( http://web.archive.org/web/20100131051737/http://mcukits.com/2009/03/12/assembling-the-freeduino-serial-v10-board/ http://web.archive.org/web/20100131051737/http://mcukits.com... ) cable to connect TI calculators (I have a USB version of this too, though, so I don't need to use a USB-to-serial converter with my old serial cable based one.) And that's just what comes to mind right now, I'm sure there are more.
- Bud 6y ago
  Apple didn't move to USB-C only; they moved to the vastly-superior Thunderbolt 3. (Which, yes, is a superset of USB-C.) Furthermore, that's just on laptops, since USB-A ports no longer fit in Apple's increasingly-thin designs. The iMac still has four USB-A ports, right now, today. The Mac mini still has two USB-A ports. The Mac Pro can have dozens of USB-A ports, if you want them.
  - jwr 6y ago
    USB-C is the connector. It can support various functionalities, including Thunderbolt 3, but you can't tell that from looking at the port or cable. Also, I don't care about Thunderbolt 3. I don't have a single peripheral that supports it. What I do have is tens of devices that use USB, mostly 2.0. > USB-A ports no longer fit in Apple's increasingly-thin designs That is not true for all designs. Apple would have no problem fitting USB-A ports in MacBook Pros.

by Urgo 6y ago

ohazi 6y ago

> keyboard extra power Come again?

lb1lf 6y ago
Not OP, but presumably the keyboard is fitted with a USB hub requiring extra power.
Urgo 6y ago
My understanding was the second plug powered the LED lights in the keyboard but now I'm not 100% sure if its for that or just for the passthrough USB port on the keyboard itself.. maybe both?
arcticbull 6y ago
Sometimes USB keyboards with PS/2 backward compatibility have 2 plugs, one for they keyboard you can use with a USB to PS/2 passive adapter, and one that supports a built-in hub or some other secondary high-power feature such as RGB. I suspect this has more to do with PS/2 compatibility than it does requiring a second port's worth of power.

noizejoy 6y ago

... and numerous midi controllers, instruments, and other musical gadgets in my home studio :-)

ClikeX 6y ago
And the iLock. Don't forget that waste of USB space.

jwr 6y ago

Don't forget: - yubikey And those of us working on electronics routinely connect another bunch of devices: - logic analyzers - oscilloscopes - JTAG interfaces - USB microscope - dev board interfaces - android embedded devices - multimeters That's why I'm so annoyed by manufacturers (hi Apple) reducing port counts and moving to USB-C only.

cogburnd02 6y ago
I do stuff with electronics & retrocomputing so add on top of that a bunch of USB->serial adapters to connect to old hardware; let's see Apple //e TRS-80 Model 100 Vt330 terminal Plusdeck 2c cassette tape deck Lego serial IR tower for RCX Serial port for self-built cheap arduino clone (an NKC electronics freeduino serial) ( http://web.archive.org/web/20100131051737/http://mcukits.com/2009/03/12/assembling-the-freeduino-serial-v10-board/ http://web.archive.org/web/20100131051737/http://mcukits.com... ) cable to connect TI calculators (I have a USB version of this too, though, so I don't need to use a USB-to-serial converter with my old serial cable based one.) And that's just what comes to mind right now, I'm sure there are more.
Bud 6y ago
Apple didn't move to USB-C only; they moved to the vastly-superior Thunderbolt 3. (Which, yes, is a superset of USB-C.) Furthermore, that's just on laptops, since USB-A ports no longer fit in Apple's increasingly-thin designs. The iMac still has four USB-A ports, right now, today. The Mac mini still has two USB-A ports. The Mac Pro can have dozens of USB-A ports, if you want them.
- jwr 6y ago
  USB-C is the connector. It can support various functionalities, including Thunderbolt 3, but you can't tell that from looking at the port or cable. Also, I don't care about Thunderbolt 3. I don't have a single peripheral that supports it. What I do have is tens of devices that use USB, mostly 2.0. > USB-A ports no longer fit in Apple's increasingly-thin designs That is not true for all designs. Apple would have no problem fitting USB-A ports in MacBook Pros.