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Maxim S. Shatskih wrote: - PS/2 hole for keyboard - serial port for serial-attached hardware or serial mouse - PS/2 hole for mouse - parallel port for printer - custom PCMCIA card for scanner Without USB I need: PS/2 hole for mouse. Serial port for printer, handheld, and other serial devices. Cardbus slot for Ethernet/Modem or SCSI or firewire. PCMCIA-CF adapter. and so on. With USB, all you need is a hub, and only if you have more then 2 devices to attach to the laptop. With USB I need: USB hole for mouse. Serial port for printer and other serial devices. Cardbus slot for Ethernet/Modem or SCSI or firewire. PCMCIA-CF adapter. USB port for handheld. Nominally 12 MB/s, practically 56K. If it's a "legacy-free" laptop, add: Overpriced USB-serial dongle for serial devices. Replacement overpriced USB-serial dongle when it gets lost or stolen. USB hub. If it's an aggressive "legacy-free" laptop, add: Overpriced USB modem dongle. Annoying USB flash memory dongle that I keep leaving at home. Another USB hub because the first one keeps resetting the mouse when I plug in the annoying USB flash memory dongle. Another annoying USB flash memory dongle because I left the first one at home, remember? A couple of extra A-B and A-A cables because I keep leaving them in hotel rooms. And if I need to read DVDs or get online: New laptop with cardbus slot for ethernet/SCSI/firewire because USB is still too frigging slow. -- I've seen things you people can't imagine. Chimneysweeps on fire over the roofs of London. I've watched kite-strings glitter in the sun at Hyde Park Gate. All these things will be lost in time, like chalk-paintings in the rain. `-_-' Time for your nap. | Peter da Silva | Har du kramat din varg, idag? 'U` |
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