> > A Dell laptop I had recently had both a serial & a parallel 
> port, but 
> > no PS2.  I thought that was odd.  Had to buy a USB/PS2 converter.  
> > Since laptops have USB, NIC & modems ports, what are people 
> plugging into them?
> 
> My old Dell Inspiron 600M at home and pretty-new Dell 
> Latitude D610 at work both have serial/parallel port.
> 
> Why do you need PS/2? There are plenty of USB mouse/keyboard.
> 
> Interestingly, the IT guys just installed a port replicator 
> for the D610 and it only adds PS/2 ports and S/PDIF to the 
> existing ports.
> 
> Regards,
> Xiaofan


The one I had was a Latitude as well.

I wanted to use a 'real' keyboard, and we only had PS2 ones floating about.
At this company, every had a laptop.  (I liked the little Toshiba Presario I
had for a while.  Cute, + SD card reader.)

I can't recall the last time I plugged something into a parallel port
(non-nerd stuff).  For business use, all you need is the network port.  Even
most 'home' printers are USB now.  Can you even buy parallel printers?  Why
do a lot of laptops still have them?

Tony

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