Article:		Pro User's Perspective on the New iMac (and Other Apple Revelations)
Subject:		USB ports - How many??
Date:		2002-01-18 09:16:50
From:		mccabem
So Job's says 5, the article's author says same as hte old iMac: 3. Can someone please doublecheck what I just read at Apple.com and saw in a jpeg of the back of the new iMac? As my eyes tell me, there are now 3 USB ports in place of the former 2. THAT MAKES 4 USABLE USB PORTS. THE OLD iMAC ONLY HAD 3. Now about the question of controllers. One controller is dedicated to one port. This port is for your keyboard as it' going to basically make that one port into two. The other controller has the other 2 USB ports on the base. 2 ports per controller. No crazy math. No plugin headaches for power users. Maybe a little more crack for Mr. Jobs and the author? :-)

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• USB ports - How many??
  2003-10-19 06:21:40  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  dude u doesn't need to be crazy about usb ports...just get a usb hub and go home

• USB ports - How many??
  2002-01-18 14:07:40  Chris Stone | [View]
  
  
  Hmm...you must have misread something in my article. In fact, I wrote "the new iMac has just one more USB port than its predecessor, and in fact, the same number of on-board USB controllers". I didn't say it had the same port count as the old iMac.
  
  I've also heard, though not confirmed, that both controllers control 2 on board USB "ports:" One controller controls two ports, and the other, the third port and the modem.
  
  The problems still exits, especially if you want to plug into the keyboard, determining which port would be best for a given peripheral -- granted, not a huge deal, but I think it's something folks should know.
  
  I also mentioned Jobs' "math" since this was a new equation for Apple. As far as I 've seen, Apple always spec'd the old iMac as having just 2 USB ports, and didn't include those on the keyboard.