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> two fast external storage ports At least 4 USB ports (2-3 USB-B, 1-2 USB-C). At least one of them full USB-4 Thunderbolt unless the computer is very cheap.
by qwerty456127 5y ago
> two fast external storage ports
At least 4 USB ports (2-3 USB-B, 1-2 USB-C).
At least one of them full USB-4 Thunderbolt unless the computer is very cheap.
100% USB-C with no USB-B is a serious annoyance. Lack of a head-set jack is an extreme annoyance I would only excuse if the computer is really great otherwise.
Built-in Ethernet port is very nice to have but not necessary.
Built-in SD card reader is also very nice to have. I actually dream about every computer to have such so people would just use SD cards instead of USB-attached thumb-drives.
- utucuro 5y agoManufacturers probably prefer extra USB ports to a dedicated SD slot since it occupies less internal space than an SD slot and is not single purpose.
- qwerty456127 5y agoDoesn't seem so to me. They just rarely put more than 3 USB ports and there doesn't seem to be any obvious correlation between the number and lack/presence of the SD port.
- google234123 5y agoAre usb sticks typically faster and cheaper than SD cards or am I remembering this wrong?
- Macha 5y agoYou can get usb sticks that are faster than top end SD cards because you can just put an entire SSD, dram cache and controller included in a usb device, but the average usb stick and average SD card are equally poor
- SuchAnonMuchWow 5y agoDon't you mean USB-A instead of USB-B ? I don't think I've ever seen a laptop with USB-B ports.
- culebron21 5y agoGood point, USB-B is used on printers.