Comments on: The CowCow USB 4-Port Hub that does cow calls http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090305/the-cowcow-usb-4-port-hub-that-does-cow-calls/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: USB Buffalo Speaker » Coolest Gadgets http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090305/the-cowcow-usb-4-port-hub-that-does-cow-calls/comment-page-1/#comment-364353 USB Buffalo Speaker » Coolest Gadgets Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:30:51 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=22649#comment-364353 [...] we all feeling a little bit extra beefy these days? What’s with the cow gizmos of late - perhaps this is due to the fact that we are now in the Year of the Cow where the Chinese [...] [...] we all feeling a little bit extra beefy these days? What’s with the cow gizmos of late – perhaps this is due to the fact that we are now in the Year of the Cow where the Chinese [...]

]]> By: P Smith http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090305/the-cowcow-usb-4-port-hub-that-does-cow-calls/comment-page-1/#comment-364272 P Smith Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:34:55 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=22649#comment-364272 What I've never understood is the obsession with <b>four port</b> USB hubs. I'd rather have a <b>single hub that has ten</b>. I want to connect all my added-on devices to a single hub (keyboard, mouse, external HDD and DVD/CD, etc.) and hide it behind my computer. I don't remove or reconnect those things except when I'm moving, so I don't want to see them. I want to free up my built-in USB ports for my Flash RAM devices (cards, MP3 player) so that I'm not reaching for flexible cords. I want to be able to reach for a firmly placed port to plug into. What I’ve never understood is the obsession with four port USB hubs.

I’d rather have a single hub that has ten. I want to connect all my added-on devices to a single hub (keyboard, mouse, external HDD and DVD/CD, etc.) and hide it behind my computer. I don’t remove or reconnect those things except when I’m moving, so I don’t want to see them.

I want to free up my built-in USB ports for my Flash RAM devices (cards, MP3 player) so that I’m not reaching for flexible cords. I want to be able to reach for a firmly placed port to plug into.

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