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welcome to 2025 where mainboards have 7 different kinds of USB ports

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it would be so much easier with dedicated ports for various devices, say serial, parallel, storage, etc
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why does all higher-spec hardware have to be "gAmInG"?
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good thing these are in a convenient place where you can easily view the labels and determine which is which before plugging something in! /s
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this is such a confusing mess. I wouldn't know which port to plug my keyboard into
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@jernej__s @soweliniko that is a very confusing way to try to explain that those two ports have a dedicated controller rather than sharing a controller with any of the other ports.
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@mndflayr @engravecavedave a LOT of twitch gamers still like PS/2. It’s a good port and also has its own interrupts not shared with PCI, so there’s less issue with USB and PCI devices preempting or interfering with rapid input.

Only matters at very high levels but it’s measurably real.