Please, I don't want opinions. Just the facts, Ma'am, as Jack Webb would say. My new computer has four (count 'em, FOUR) USB sockets on the back plane. I have a USB mouse, keyboard, UPS, and printer. Then there're the Webcam and three external hard drives. On the front of the computer, the two USB sockets each has a flash drive for "portable files." No, they're not porn; they are backups for very special files. APC (the UPS company) told me their UPSs must be connected directly to the computer and NOT via a USB hub or USB switch. The external hard drives do not play well via the self-powered hub, whether power is on or off, periodically causing a pop-up messasge that the drive must be formatted. So, just what the heck are USB hubs good for? What kinds of devices are technically compatible with whatever it is that's going on in a hub?
Simply put, USB hubs are good for expanding a single USB port into multiple ones. That's really what they'er used for. Companies might advise you not to use a USB hub because of security issues. USB hubs can malfunction and cause your USB flash drive to disconnect. And that would suck, especially during a copy/paste process...
What scorps65 said and: - Extending the range of one or many USB port(s). - Easy to access if case USB pots are blocked or hard to access --> good for devices you plug and unplug frequently. Thats what comes to mind right now. I don't like them too much tho.
..could turn therm into festive jewelry? ..sorry.. ANYWHO, they are good for minor USB 1.1 things, say... a mouse, keyboard, printer, joystick etc. Anything that's really demanding, like, a webcam, a WiFi device, etc, that'll be needed to connect directly to the provided USB ports. BTW: On the 'not porn' comment, you said it, not us! Not good on your part.
