Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Brown, Michael

Titel

12 PC technologies that need to disappear

Ist Teil von

• PC world, 2013-07, Vol.31 (7), p.81

Ort / Verlag

San Francisco: IDG Communications, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Internal SATA relies on two cables: one for power and one for data. Since eSATA never caught on with consumers, and since now we have USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt (both of which are plenty fast and deliver power to attached devices), it's time to play a dirge for eSATA. 3.PCIe x1 Slots We need multitene PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) slots for video cards and other advanced peripherals. Today, most mice and keyboards connect via USB, so why are PS/2 ports still so common? Because some security-conscious companies disable the USB ports on their employees' computers so that the staff can't smuggle out sensitive data on a USB thumbdrive.