Re: Apple has a lousy sense of humor...


Alan Baker wrote:
In article <1141464743.563069.103230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

And why would you need a usb hub and external drive? 4-usb2 ports on
the current should handle most anyones needs,

Well, lets see.... USB printer, USB camera, USB flash drive, USB
keyboard, USB mouse, USB scanner...oops, that's six... which two is it
that "most any one" leaves off, Lloyd? The mouse and the keyboard,
perhaps?

Except the USB keyboard has two USB ports on it that you can use to plug
in the mouse and the camera, leaving three free ports on the Mini for
the printer, scanner and flash drive.

Hmm... just how did you determine that "the USB keyboard," that a
switcher is supposed to be using from his old PC, has two USB ports in
it? The solution is to buy a keyboard from Apple along with your Mac
Mini? I'll bet a third party keyboard with no extra USB ports, along
with a Hub, will cost less than that...

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