Re: [NTLK] [OT] On the iMac

From: Eric L. Strobel (fyzycyst_at_home.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 15:25:46 EST


at the temporal coordinates: 1/8/02 3:20 PM, the entity known as BK at
bk_newtontalk_at_yahoo.com conveyed the following:

>
>
> On Wednesday, January 9, 2002, at 04:54 , Eric L. Strobel wrote:
>
>> at the temporal coordinates: 1/8/02 2:42 PM, the entity known as Stephen
>> Jendraszak at stevehj_at_mac.com conveyed the following:
>>
>>> Actually, there ARE 5 USB ports. 3 on the back, plus two on the
>>> keyboard, equals FIVE. It isn't fair to say that two of them don't
>>> count
>>> because you have to plug in a keyboard and a mouse... the ports are
>>> still there.
>>
>> You must be a marketeer! The CPU only has three ports. The fact that
>> the
>> keyboard has two is a feature of the keyboard, not the iMac. And,
>> actually,
>> it isn't fair to count ports that you can't use simultaneously. The
>> connections on the keyboard are totally useless UNLESS the keyboard is
>> hooked up to the CPU.
>
> :-)
>
> Well, I guess, Apple could sell an iMac Special Edition with two
> keyboards, that would then make 7 USB ports, right ?
>
> ;-)
>
> rgds
> bk
>

And if the truck driver who's shipping a load of keyboards just happens to
have an iBook, then I guess the iBook has several thousand USB ports... :-)

- Eric.

-- 

Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)

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