How many USB ports needed and supported?

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.




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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not