On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:00:32 -0500, James Silverton wrote:

Hello All!

I am having to plan a shift to a new desk top machine. At the moment, it
seems I would need 6 external USB ports and it looks like another 2
might be useful as spares. I want to do as little plugging and
unplugging as possible.

1 Printer
2 Scanner
3 Digital camera connection
4 UPS
5 External Hard Disc
6 Memory Stick

Are there machines with 8 ports that people would recommend? I am
assuming that the machine would support a cordless keyboard and mouse
without dedicated external ports.

Any cordless keyboard/mouse combo I've ever come across needs a dedicated
USB port for the transceiver.

If you run out of USB ports, you can always add a multi-usb port card or
two. They're quite cheap.

Stef