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James Silverton typed:
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.
Thanks for any assistance.

Dell's Precision line has 8 USB, 6 in back and 2 in front, and 2 Firewire,
one in back and one in front. They're all 2.x USB ports and all 8 work on
their own port. The back 6 are all used and I use the front 2 for things I
don't use everyday, like Livecam, one External drive that's never connected
longt-term, Digital Cam and PCTV. I have a PCI USB extender ordered & in the
mail. None of the ports double-up; all have own addresses.
I thought I'd use the one from my previous machine but this one has no
ISA ports - damn it!

HTH,

Twayne`