Thank you. I was getting very confused.
7 ports seems like heaps. How could anyone use that many at once.
Comment on Why do (desktop) PC have so few USB ports ?
glimse@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Answer: the vast majority of people don’t use 7 USB devices at a time
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
potustheplant@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Keyboard, mouse, usb extension to have a port on my desk, wireless charger, dac and an xbox wireless controller dongle. That’s 6 and I use the 7th port to charge my vr headset. So yeah, it’s not that hard to use 7 ports at once.
Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You could save some ports by using Bluetooth keyboard, mouse and controller, maybe even a wireless microphone. Cables are whil
Chriswild@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That way instead of having cables for data and power you can have cables for just power and pay more for the device.
I don’t understand the appeal of Bluetooth mice and keyboards while at a desk.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 10 months ago
My keyboard has a 2.4ghz dongle, bluetooth and wired connectivity. I choose to use it wired because it has lower latency and I don’t have to worry about the battery dying. The mouse is wired and I chose the wired version because it costs half as much (razer deathadder v3) and I don’t really have any benefits if’d bought the wireless version (which also uses a dongle). A bluetooth mouse would have much higher latency and a lower polling rate. Same thing with the controller. Bluetooth is slower and not as reliable. Regarding the mic, yeah, no. It’s the mic I use for my camera as well and I’m not buying a dedicated wireless mic that would be more expensive and have a lower audio quality. Also, and this goes for everything, batteries can flat out die and they’re usually not user replaceable. Not to mention that you have to charge all of these battery powered things and that’s a pain in the butt.
BURN@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bluetooth latency makes that extremely unattractive
AA5B@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Now imagine charging your phone or watch, or using a thumb drive
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Does your PC do full power to those chargers? Eg. full wattage from USB-C is 240W. Times 8 that would be 2000W.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Huh? Why would it? This is about having enough ports for your stuff. How much power they consume is completely irrelevant.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 months ago
My VR headset needs two more ports for the cameras as well.
I ended up with a 4 port switch on my desk and a PCI-E card for more ports.
Azzu@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I mostly use 3, sometimes 4 or 5 at most.
glimse@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have 4 things plugged in permanently (mouse, keyboard, audio interface, wireless headset receiver). It used to be 5 but I haven’t used my wireless controller since I built this PC.
I have a midi keyboard I plug into the front when I’m going to use it. And a USB cable in the drawer if I ever need to plug my phone in (which otherwise sits on a wireless charger plugged into AC)
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
My bedroom media pc (old-ass enterprise tower) has 8 on the back and 5 on the front. So 13 usb ports. It doesn’t have any wireless anything, physical ports only, and there’s no room to add internal cards for it, but plenty of usb ports for dongles!
I use 3 of those ports at most (I use Ethernet, since it’s my acquisition machine, or it’d be 4), and 2 are for keyboards and mice (one handheld with touchpad, the other a normal set).
I’m struggling to even come up with 7 things that would all need to be plugged in together… I guess webcam, mouse and keyboard if they can’t run off a single port, and headset maybe if you got one that bypasses the audio jacks for whatever reason… but that’s still only 4.
glimse@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There’s plenty of legitimate reasons to need a ton of USB ports but it’s not on the PC manufacturer to appease the edge cases like OP.
It’s like getting confused why your house doesn’t have a 20amp outlet to the dining room for your 48U server rack.
potustheplant@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Chipsets have tons of connectivity available, there’s more than enough physical space in the back panel and it’s not expensive to add. So yeah, your analogy doesn’t make much sense.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Also, it’s generally cheap and easy to install a PC IE board for the back of your pc, if you really need it, and you’ll have another 6 or 7.