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USB Ports

Notwithstanding that the Aspire One is small, light, convenient and attractive, I do hope that the USB ports are sturdy enough to last the life of the computer; and that they have not been sacrificed in the efforts to keep weight down.

I say this because, apart possibly from processor fans and hard drives, this is the most common hardware defect that I meet in laptops from normally considerate users.

In my own case I have two laptops (one Dell, one HP), otherwise useful and sufficent for purpose, whose USB ports have become too slack to be effective. Hence I have to use a cardbus USB device to compensate, but these do not have enough power for an external 2.5 hard drive.

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