Would you buy one of these?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-4-Port...1123748796905983199&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1&

I know, I know, it's so cheap, it can't be any good. So if you wouldn't buy one, which one would you buy? I was thinking of getting one simply because if it was crap then I'm only out $2 something, who cares? How can they make these thing so inexpensively? Jeez, and free shipping from China, can they possibly be making any money on this?

My "high end" laptop only came with two internal USB ports for some reason. I use a Logitech external mouse/keybaord so that takes up one and I sometimes plug an external hard drive in too. It would be nice to be able to also plug a memory stick in and I also have a little charger that I can use to charge AAA or AA batteries. USB was intended for many, many more devices than that. My old Dell Inspiron 1720 has 4 which is adequate and my other old laptop, a Toshiba P200 also has 4. I can't comprehend why my 18.4" screen Qosmio which sold for something like $1,200 new, maybe more, only has 2 USB ports. Like on lost in space, it does not compute, it does not compute. I need a decent, inexpensive usb hub.

The laptop is extremely portable as far as I'm concerned, I have zero complaints in that department. It's not an ipad, but I bought it specifically because I wanted a laptop with the largest screen available and I accept that toting it around it's a little heavier than a 17" which is the smallest that would be acceptable to me. I don't even think about it. I take it every time I leave the house no matter where I go. I have an extra large laptop bag that is made for laptops of this size-got it off amazon. It's a matter of what you personally think is difficult or strenuous or a hassle. I carried my Dell Inspiron 1720 around for a long time and it's no light weight laptop either. If a netbook could do what I want, I'd carry a netbook. I NEED a big screen. If you're blessed with good vision, be happy.

My next laptop will likely be a used Qosmio 18.4 just like the one I have except it will have an I7 instead of an I5 and it will have a larger HD and more memory.

For now this laptop suits my needs just fine and it's a huge step up from what I had before. It's an excellent desktop replacement and quite adequate for doing shows.

I just want a USB hub for a couple of extra ports. I have not encountered ANY USB devices that need more power than the USB port supplies. I have an external 500GB Western Digital Scorpio Black drive and that draws more power than any other peripheral I've used and it works just fine. My Lexmark printer is wireless so it doesn't even plug into the USB port.

The laptop is extremely portable as far as I'm concerned, I have zero complaints in that department. It's not an ipad, but I bought it specifically because I wanted a laptop with the largest screen available and I accept that toting it around it's a little heavier than a 17" which is the smallest that would be acceptable to me. I don't even think about it. I take it every time I leave the house no matter where I go. I have an extra large laptop bag that is made for laptops of this size-got it off amazon. It's a matter of what you personally think is difficult or strenuous or a hassle. I carried my Dell Inspiron 1720 around for a long time and it's no light weight laptop either. If a netbook could do what I want, I'd carry a netbook. I NEED a big screen. If you're blessed with good vision, be happy.

My next laptop will likely be a used Qosmio 18.4 just like the one I have except it will have an I7 instead of an I5 and it will have a larger HD and more memory.

For now this laptop suits my needs just fine and it's a huge step up from what I had before. It's an excellent desktop replacement and quite adequate for doing shows.

I just want a USB hub for a couple of extra ports. I have not encountered ANY USB devices that need more power than the USB port supplies. I have an external 500GB Western Digital Scorpio Black drive and that draws more power than any other peripheral I've used and it works just fine. My Lexmark printer is wireless so it doesn't even plug into the USB port.

If I could get a laptop with a built in 20" screen for $750 like what this Qosmio cost me a year ago(in pristine condition without even a fingerprint) I would buy it. I don't think there are laptops with screens bigger than what I have. I did see an all-in-one computer that had a ?20"? or ?23"? screen, I don't remember.

It wasn't a laptop, but certainly it would be portable in a small piece of luggage. The thing is, I need to be able to hook up an external monitor for Karaoke. That means having either a vga port or s-video port. My old laptops have them, the Qosmio has a vga port, so I'm good to go. I just wonder what I'm going to do in the future when I get the next machine? How will it hook to an external monitor and tie into the bar's video screens or to the Karaoke screen for the singers?

Exactly Rick Ryan, I don't want another transformer that needs to be plugged in somewhere and then unplugged. That's a wonderful thing about the newer ultra slim, small, quiet, low power consumption external USB hard drives, they don't need their own wall wart. I have an old 3.5" drive in an aluminum enclosure and it needs to be plugged into power-what a pain in the a $ $. I would prefer just to plug a simple, basic USB hub into a port and have a few more extra. I have an internal memory card reader, but, I did forget about plugging the sound card in too. There is another port. Although when I'm at a show it would likely only be the external mouse and the soundcard so I would usually only need two USB ports.

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An external mouse is a redundancy that I need, not want. You use the mouse pad, I'll use a mouse.

Yes, you're right. They can make products and sell them below the US manufacturing cost because they have enslave their people, land is very cheap, their entire cost structure is very, very low compared to ANY industrialized country.

I checked and the original USB hub that I was asking about int the beginning doesn't seem to be compatible with windoze 7 so I didn't bother. I am going to stop by Office Depot and Staples and see what they have that is W7 compatible. I looked further on ebay and really didn't fid any bargains that are W7 compatible. If need be I'll spend $15, but I'd rather sped $2-$5.