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January 05, 2006

I need more hubs

I made a decision today that will affect the way that I compute from this point forward: I'm going legacy free.

That's right, no more older hardware will be making its way into my desktop or laptop computers. Everything from this point forward will be either USB or FireWire (aka IEEE1394 or iLink or whatever it's called). The only thing that will be going into my machine are the two things that they haven't found a way to take out as of yet: the video card and true surround sound (7.1) cards.

Think about it, everything else is external and USB driven these days. Below is a list of what I currently have:

Belkin USB 1.1/2.0 Hub
Maxtor USB 2.0 Hard Drive
Logitech Wireless Mouse
ViewSonic USB Keyboard
Logitech USB Microphone
Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
Logitech USB Gamepad

I only need two additional things to round out my collection. These items are:

External USB 2.0 CD/DVD-RW Enclosure
Another Belkin USB 1.1/2.0 Hub

I want the enclosure to put my DVD-RW in. I could just go and purchase a pre-enclosed DVD-RW, but that seems like a waste of a good burner in my opinion. Besides, the USB enclosures are pretty cheap.

I'm also going to need another USB 1.1/2.0 Hub so that I can hook up more items. Right now, the one that I have is pretty much full with the keyboard, mouse and network adapter. I want to get another Belkin because I like them so much, but I haven't decided if I want to get another 4-port or the 7-port model. I like the look of my current model, as it's white and matches my iPod Shuffle (it's the reason why I bought it), but I like the idea of having more ports available for the rest of my equipment. I guess it would make sense to get the 7-port model considering that I'm going legacy free ... but then again, I could always get two 4-port models for about $10.00 more and get an extra USB port to boot.

Decisions decisions ...

~out...

Posted by ed at 11:13 PM | Comments (0)