how many USB devices have you got?

[asteroid]

Have an old and tired Toshiba Celeron 400 laptop with just ONE port, and still often think some of todays PCs still dont quite have enough USB ports, thank goodness hubs are cheap and easy to chain plenty of items :)

IMHO USB is one of the best advancements in PC technology in last 10 years, ok Win 95 was useless and Win 98 wasnt much better, but being to use gazillion different very cheap devices and hotswap and add them whenever you want on a Win 2000 or XP set up is a breeze.

How many devices have you got on your system?

I have:-
- camera (rubbish Samsung 1.3Mp unit)
- 128Mb memory stick
- mobile (Moto V3)
- phone for use with Skype
- Logitech cordless mouse
- Microsoft Digital media keyboard
- printer (HP deskjet 845)

[Taxation]

i dont have that many things connected at one time, like to keep things tidy
i have about 6 usb ports
-camera port
-wireless internet adapter
-ipod charger
thats about it tbh

[Kremmen]

Scanner
Printer
2 x Camera Docks
ADSL Modem
External HDD
Keyboard
Mouse
GamePad
Steering Wheel
3 x Memory Sticks

[DoCtOr_oCtOr]

I have 2 mice (one or games one for not games)...
Keyboard...
Kvm switch...
Freecom DVD writer...
Cd label printer...
Ipod (not plugged in most of the time)...
Digital camera...
Laptop led light (I use it at night so the monsters don't get me)...

The only thing actually plugged into my pc is the Kvm switch and one powered hub ...

[djgandy]

wireless keyboard / mouse reciever
wireless mouse (laptop)
webcam
Mobile phone stuff
Midi keyboard

[Chewie]

MS intellimouse - alway in
Epson Printer (photo 790)
Scanner
BT Voyager USB Modem - always in
Fuji finepix 2800zoom digi cam
JVC Everio DG50MZ HDD vid cam (sweet bit of kit, but battery life sucks, 1hr for basic battery size)
Saitek Cyborg 3d stick
1 128mb mp3 (daughters)
1 Q_be 1gb mp3 player (mine)
1 128mb Buffalo flashstick (novatech £7.50 jobbie)

6 ports (2 mobo rear, 2 front case, 2 MSI dongle), 2 in constant use (mobo fixed rear panel), 1 only when gaming/offloading from my perihperals (front of case)

[CAB]

Can anyone tell me what the best hub to buy is please. I need to plug my broadband wireless dongle into it as well as other things.

Thanks
Cab

[PMM]

pretty minimal on devices.... 4 = printer / Keyboard / Mouse / USB TV

Upto 12 off the motherboard 4 off the monitors hub so potentially 15 I could have.

[TankJon]

Mouse, keyboard and an Alesis IO|2 audio interface. And thats it!

[Brad]

Keyboard = G15.
Mouse = Kone.
USB flash = Sandisk Cruzer 4Gb.
Camera = Canon 400D.
Webcam = Quickcam 9000 Pro.
Phone = iPhone 8Gb 2G.
Hdd = Freecom 400Gb External.
Printer = HP Photosmart 7150.

[sniperdude]

Scanner
Printer
2 x Camera Docks
ADSL Modem
External HDD
Keyboard
Mouse
GamePad
Steering Wheel
3 x Memory Sticks


ADSL Modem

mate if your modem has Ethernet connection use that over usb its faster.


mouse
keyboard
printer
Archos media player

everything other than above i use esata or midi to connect :D

[TamiyaGuy]

I must agree with you, in my opinion there aren't enough USB ports on a standard computer. I have the following:

Wireless mouse receiver
Keyboard
2 USB memory sticks (2GB & 256MB)
Wireless modem
Wired modem (for setting up game servers)
Palm cradle
Backup hard drive
Microsoft webcam
Dell printer
Various wires for accessories (phone, MP3 player, two cameras)
Oh, and two Logitech gamepads.

Phew!

[LuckyNV]

I use 1 24/7 which is my MX518 mouse
I do use a USB scanner once in a blue moon, and I have a USB Freeview device.
Printer is used on a different computer.

[PeterStoba]

Always plugged in I have;

G9 Gaming Mouse
G15 v2 Keyboard
320GB external hard drive
Printer due to the wireless issues

I also have an 8GB USB stick, a logitech chillstream and a camera, although they are only plugged in every now and then

[wuyanxu]

i have total of 18 USB ports on my setup (including the 2 hubs on my 2 monitor and another hub), but i've only used a few of them.
-G5 mouse
-Apple iPhone
-xbox360 controller
-Webcam
-a wireless Wifi in case my internet goes down
-2 for my portable HDD
-a USB memory stick

8 out of 18 used..... only 4 is plugged in all the time. and iPhone usually uses the Apple power adaptor instead of from the computer.

USB is the greatest invention, it's superb. very easy to use and very easy to programme.

[rctneil]

My USB devices consist of:

Fuji E900 Camera
HTC Touch Pro
Logitech MX Revolution
Logitech DiNovo
TomTom ONE
Lebeca Messenger webcam
Maxtor One Touch External Drive
USB Bluetooth Adaptor
D-Link 7 Port USB Hub

Thanks

Regards,
Neil

[Nox]

are you talking in total or plugged in?

plugged in, mouse and keyboard.

in total... i'd guess 30-40, maybe more. Have 6 external USB hard drives, and more usb sticks alone... depends how many i could find to count :D

Nox

[snakedoc]

More than I can recall. Mouse/keyboard, hd, indoor temp thing, I do have a couple of USB DTV dongles not being used, a few bluetooth dongles, mobile phone, webcam, old digi camera, USB ethernet dongle *2, Xbox 360 controller, homemade IDE controller and several pen drives.

[jonbanjo]

Plugged in at the moment:
Edirol UM2 MIDI interface
Belkin USB hub on my desk which currently has a Trust Card Reader plugged in.

I'd guess there are another 10 devices I might sometimes plug in on this PC but I'd never want them all at once.

--
I don't use a USB keyboard and mouse in this room. I've got a 4 port KVM switch under the desk and rely on PS/2 connectors.

[RJC]

Mouse
Keyboard
Phone
Camera.

[jonbanjo]

I've just remembered that I have one more "permanent" connection. This goes to some sort of USB sharing switch.

The PC side of this also is connected to a Belkin wireless print server. The device side connects to an Epson R220 printer. It's a messy setup but I can not check ink levels, etc. on the printer through the print server. This way, I can press a button to either have the printer working (as it usually is) as part of the network or to have it working as a local usb printer.

[wuyanxu]

to all those with USB keyboard, have you ever had problems when your keypresses isn't recognised in BIOS?

especially those with exotic keyboard such as G15.

[PeterStoba]

to all those with USB keyboard, have you ever had problems when your keypresses isn't recognised in BIOS?

especially those with exotic keyboard such as G15.
Nope, never had any problems with my G15 v2

[KyleG]

Mouse
xbox 360 controller
phone
ipod
exhdd
used to have a microsoft razer recluser plugged in via usb but the thing is too big so i reverted back to my logitech media keyboard (ps/2)

[Peeej]

HDD
Printer x 2
Trackball
Keyboard
Memory stick
Digital Camera

[Urrys Currys]

Gaming mouse
gaming keyboard
portable 1.5 TB backup HDD
3 x mem sticks
sandisk U3 4GB cruizer
bluetooth dongal
nokia phone
2 x camera
1 portable media centre thingi majigi (uncle got from china)
mp4 player
scanner
network printer (does that count?)

too much more to list, i could go on for ages, just thinking of USB junk around my house, oh and one more thing, this one gets some one my friends. novatech USB powered missile laucher toy thingi. :)

[Duke]

Always plugged in -

Mouse (Logitech G5)
Keyboard (Enermax)
Bluetooth dongle


Plugged in when needed -

Camera
USB Pen
Microsoft 360 gamepad

[Solari]

USB Mouse,
Wacom A4 Tablet,
Mybook External HDD,
Midiman Midisport 2x2
2 x Xbox controllers (only ever use them for MAME!)
iPod nano
USB Memory stick

Do cameras count?

[Baggpuss]

mouse
keyboard
tomtom
ipod
2 external mybook drives
xbox controller

[pinfoldp]

logitech mouse
camera
fan pretty useless
several flash drives
printer
vibrator

[kris2424]

Mouse
keyboard
printer
Xbox360 webcam
ipod
2 x external hard drives
My motherboard only has 4 usb ports so i use a 4 port pci card as not to fill up the front usb.

[knightmaric]

Razer tarantulla keyboard.
Razer copperhead mouse.
HP Printer.
Webcam.
2xExternal HDD's.

[monkey7]

Not that much...

Keyboard
Mouse
Seperate numpad
2* usb stick
external HDD
cardreader

EDIT: and oh there's of course the perfectly functioning flatbed scanner which has been made obsolete by microsoft dropping the TWAIN support in vista.

[pixiepod]

I had a desktop computer with

usb hub
printer
camera
webcam
ipod
flash drive
microsoft mouse
keyboard

i now have a sony vaio laptop and now don't have as many as those devices are now built in.

pixiepod

[PaulyD]

G5
Logitech illuminated keyboard
Dell 2407 (for the USB hub/card reader)
Webcam
Big ng fan controller
Xbox 360 pad
Camera
iPhone and iPod touch (use same cable)
Memory sticks

Think that's everything!