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I-PAC: usb or ps/2? ... or does it matter?

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javeryh:


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--- Quote from: javeryh on October 25, 2004, 01:34:24 pm ---I'm about to order an I-PAC4 for my cabinet and I'm wondering if there is any preference around here as to which model (usb or ps/2) to order.  By the time I actually have things up and running I plan on piecing together a new (hopefully kick ass) computer to run everything so it should have both ports available to use.  Any thoughts?

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Many thoughts on the subject.  You know what they say opinions are like.
See what I've previously written here.  Also has links to Andy Warne's and RandyT's comments.

You don't have to choose though.  If it were me, I would buy the USB one so I had the capability.  Then use it in whichever mode works best.


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Thanks!  So from what I can tell the usb and ps/2 ipacs are the same exact thing except the usb one comes with a cable that converts ps/2 (out of ipac) to usb (to plug into computer)... instead of just having a cable with a ps/2 port on both ends... right?

Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: javeryh on October 25, 2004, 04:12:12 pm ---Thanks!  So from what I can tell the usb and ps/2 ipacs are the same exact thing except the usb one comes with a cable that converts ps/2 (out of ipac) to usb (to plug into computer)... instead of just having a cable with a ps/2 port on both ends... right?

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Right.

reebboy:

I went with the USB simply because I believe that soon computers will only come with USB ports. This is just my opinion but because USB is so universal I would imagine soon PS/2 and other ports may not exist on computers.  

Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: reebboy on October 25, 2004, 05:34:47 pm ---I went with the USB simply because I believe that soon computers will only come with USB ports. This is just my opinion but because USB is so universal I would imagine soon PS/2 and other ports may not exist on computers.  

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Without agreeing or disagreeing with you, I said to get USB just so the option was available to you.  The extra $5 may be well worth it.  OTOH, most PC's still have serial ports and parallel ports and some still have ISA slots, so I wouldn't count PS/2 down for the count anytime soon.  (I could be wrong, though).

Bgnome:

the only place i have seen this phenomenon is in laptops.  my wife purchased a good sized laptop this past summer and it only has 4 usb 2.0 ports, a firewire port, and flashcard reader ports for input.

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