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Comment Adoption of USB by "Joe Blows" (Score 1) 333

After the string of card changes the semi-nerd has had to go through it is unreasonable to think they will transition into USB. Sure it has it's benifits but will "Joe" go along? Heck he doesn't know USB from PCI from ISA from IRQ from RAM, forget about it's benifits, and he isn't in a hurry to find out. No, Joe is going with whatever he has when he opens the box. As for Mr. Nerd, it's cheaper and more useful (simultaneous use of burner and scanner for example) to have two computers linked in a network than to change to USB on your next upgrade---so what is thier incentive? Why cram 5 more devices through operating systems and chip speeds that cannot handle 3 or 4 operations at once as it is? Nerd or Not, most have made one or two upgrades since USB inception and have demonstrated virtually no interest in USB beyond that dictated by system manufacturers.

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