What use are the USB slots on my Dell

[irishgrizzly]

Just wondering what use they are. I use them to charge my iPod occasionally. Do they take video feed through USB? Any wonderful uses I'm not seeing?

 

[mad jew]

I fill them with dirt and use them as an ant farm.

 

[Multimedia]

Anything USB Will Work

Just wondering what use they are. I use them to charge my iPod occasionally. Do they take video feed through USB? Any wonderful uses I'm not seeing?

You can use them to attach hard drives, a DVD±RW Optical Recorder-Player, A WebCam and any other number of many USB peripherals. Your keyboard and mouse.

 

[livingfortoday]

Tons of peripherals and other devices connect to computers through USB ports.

 

[pianoman]

a USB port is used to connect many peripheral devices to your computer, such as printers, certain wireless mice and keyboards, iPods, external hard drives, phones, and more.

you might learn a few things from reading the first parts of this article (link to wikipedia article on USB).

 

[livingfortoday]

I fill them with dirt and use them as an ant farm.

You mean I fought the urge to be a smartass in this thread for nothing!? That's it, I don't believe in NOTHING anymore, man!

 

[seanf]

... and any other number of many USB peripherals

Such as USB Disco Balls

Sean

 

[pianoman]

Such as USB Disco Balls

Sean

oh that's real useful

 

[tilman]

Just wondering what use they are. I use them to charge my iPod occasionally. Do they take video feed through USB? Any wonderful uses I'm not seeing?

What are you talking about? The USB connectors on your Dell monitor maybe? Many Dell monitors have a built-in USB hub. To use it, you have to find the uplink connector, and connect that to your computer with a normal USB cable. Then you can plug in your keyboard, mouse, USB flash drive, etc. into the monitor if that's more convenient.

 

[srf4real]

What are you talking about? The USB connectors on your Dell monitor maybe? Many Dell monitors have a built-in USB hub. To use it, you have to find the uplink connector, and connect that to your computer with a normal USB cable. Then you can plug in your keyboard, mouse, USB flash drive, etc. into the monitor if that's more convenient.

I want to try this with my 22" Gateway monitor w/ 4 usb 2.0 ports... How do you get the ants out of there?

 

[synth3tik]

A USB Fish tank

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/6984/