>I don't see the need for a single plug on the back of the
>PC to be able to handle EVERY peripheral from the
>300byte/s mouse to the 3Gb/s disk array.

The problem there is that Joe Bloggs consumer doesn't want to be going 
buying peripherals and then finding that on his PC box the manufacturer 
hasn't given him the appropriate interface port. 

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