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[–] 9 points 7 months ago (18 children)

I am just asking what they are doing to need that as I cannot think of anything off the top of my head

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (16 children)

    I mean, it's pretty easy to imagine needing 10 USB ports. I think I'm using around that many myself on my desktop. Then just add a couple more for things that may be things needed temporarily.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    My kids gaming pc tower has a set of usb ports on the back and a set on the front. It’s great to have options, but he’s not going to use them all. Ie he has ten usb ports for the five he uses

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Fair enough, but not everyone is your kid. Needing to have things plugged in at once shouldn't need defending. I would prefer to leave things plugged in if I can. USB supports that, so why wouldn't I?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    I mean the point is there’s a convenience factor where you might have twice as many ports as you’re willing to use

    It’s not just that you might have more devices or want to leave them plugged in, but you may find some ports undesirable to use

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  • [+] -7 points 7 months ago (12 children)

    I can hardly imagine needing 15 ports at the same time.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    meanwhile I'm overhere with...

    keyboard, mouse, camera, 4x flash drive, game controller, ebook reader, external storage disk, printer, VR headset, multimedia card reader, LED controller, my monitor (USBc display + hub + KVM) and my phone...

    ofcourse not all at the same time. but I have a mess of USB extensions and hubs as I don't have enough root Ports lol

    (Linux not hacintosh) I apparently couldn't run it if I wanted to.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    Doesn't exactly inspire confidence in your imagination.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (8 children)

    Well I am currently using about 5-6 ports on my PC and 2 of those are not really needed. I can imagine using a couple more but certainly not 15.

    I could fill them up but I don't have a scenario where I actually need that many things plugged in at the same time in the first place.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    The thing is though, every situation is different. I'm glad the designers of USB did not think like you do. Having the ability to use a lot of devices might be rare but it's definitely been needed before, whether or not others can imagine it.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

    Fuck's sake I was just asking what they were using it for that they filled out 15 ports and everyone is attacking me for thinking 15 is too much or something.even though I never stated that

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    The question wasn't a problem. The repeated implications that it's too many is obviously what annoyed people.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I never implied it's too many. I just said I cannot think of a way to use 15 ports (as in my personal setup). Might not have been the most clear but never implied it.

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