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Old 26-11-2020, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by gregbradley View Post
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The problem with new laptops is many only have one or two USB ports which is not astro friendly and you end up
using a hub which another point of failure in your system.

Greg.
I second that. I'm lucky that my ~2015 vintage observatory lappie has 4 USB ports (and I use all 4) but these days it's not possible to get that many. I absolutely avoid USB hubs - they invariably lead to communication failures.
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