Community poll forum: How many USB peripherals do you have connected?

I have a laptop so for a while I had a mouse permanently using a usb. However, I don't even use that all the time any more. I have 6 peripherals that could be connected if I wished - or use alternative ports, but to say permanently - now it's not even one.

On my laptop I have 3 USB2 ports and on one of them I hooked up a 4-port unit and same as you, there's the printer, fax,mp3,camera and the rest of the gadgets connected. Works great! so, in all, I guess I have 6 USB ports.

I have all four of my USB ports in back filled, 2-printers, 1-wireless keyboard/mouse, 1 - Hub (all four ports in hub filled with, MP3 player cradle, PDA cradle, digital camera dock/printer, and UPS.) I also have, not continuously connected, a flatbed scanner, another digital camera dock, a PSP,and 2-GPS units, that I use the two front ports for when needed. Computers need to come with more USB ports in back...that's for sure...

I purchase high speed machines with next to nothing in the box I have Video Card, one hard disk (40 GB), a CD-ROM, and 3.5" everything else is attached via USB then I take the "My Documents" and move it to a USB drive. I use the Microsoft "Synch Toy" to make a copy of the document/software USB drive.

It's a 4-USB-port laptop so it isn't really "permanent". Priter/Scanner and 250 GB external HD are "always" connected. The third port I use it for Digital Camera, Thumb Drive and Video Capture device. The forth one is currently free but could very well be used for a mouse soon.

I have 7 actual USB peripherals connected along with 3 1394 devices. I can't even remember how computers were without those external ports. If you are a power user, that is probably about how many you have too.

Here is the list of all the external devices,

1. 1 USB1 Epson Printer
2. 1 USB2 Epson Printer
3. 1 USB1 HP scanner
4. 1 USB2 Hard Drive
5. 1 USB2 Casio Camera
6. 1 USB2 Flash drive
7. 3 1394 Hard Drives
8. 1 USB2 DVD writer

And fortunately everything is currently working perfectly with Window XP Professional with SP2.
Oh by the way, in order to get the 1394 drives recognized, I had to run a separate connection from a 3 output PCI 1394 card. They would not run in a daisy chain configuration currently. One of those MINOR Windows XP problems!!!!! Ha! Ha!

1. Intel Webcam
2. SanDisk 6-in-1 Card Reader
3. Sony Clie Personal Organizer
4. Lexar JumpDrive (Memory Stick)
5. Canon Flatbed Scanner
6. Minolta Slide Scanner
7. HP DeskJet Printer
8. APC Biopod
9. Logitech MX 510 Mouse
10. APC BackUPS ES500 (monitor cable for UPS status)
11. ViewSonic VP201s with built-in active 4-port USB 2.0 Hub
12. Western Digital Dual-option External USB Hard Drive
13. Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro (with built-in passive 2-port USB 1.1 hub)

I have a number of other USB devices that are NOT connected right now or are connected to other machines.

- Digital SLR
- Adaptec VideOh! MPEG2 capture device
- RCA Lyra MP3 player
- Bytecc USB 2.0 to IDE hard disk adapter
- USB IrDA Adapter
- Midiman Midisport 2x2 MIDI Adapter

In total I have 14 USB 2.0 ports inside my computer (8 built-in, 6 via an add-in card), and 6 additional ports via the hubs for a total usable ports = 18.

DO I WIN??? What's the prize... ;^)

I have a 7 port Belkin USB 2.0 Hub that I bought at Fry's Electronics for less than $50. If you have two ports coming out of the back of a laptop, you should probably connect up two hubs, and use one for USB1.1 and one for USB 2.0. If you plug a USB 1.0/1.1 device into a USB hub, that will limit all other devices to that speed. I have a desktop, but have both a USB 1.0/1.1 and USB 2.0 hub connected. You can daisy chain the devices, but with the hubs, you might be able to connect each one seperately to a Hub. The 7 port Belkin Hub mentioned above has 5 jacks in the back, and two on top which helps if you want to anchor a flash drive in one and a camera cable to the other on the top. I have my Printer and external Hard drives connected to the rear inputs. Also, I have Windows XP Professional, and when I tried to daisy chain 3 1394 hard drives from one jack, XP failed to recognize them. I have a 1394 PCI card installed with 3 outputs, and have each output go to its own 1394 device. Things work perfectly that way.