its actually worse bc ports are counted twice for 2.0 & 3.0

https://lemmy.world/post/44674585

someone is going to nerdsnipe me so i will add that technically its 15 registered ports per USB controller, so you can add a dongle and have more than 15. a mobo usually only has 1 USB controller for way more than 15 USB ports though, Apple added this arbitrary restriction for no reason since none of their devices have that many ports. so a typical PC motherboard just straight up destabilizes the system lmfao
Okay but what kind of application is it used for that you exceed 15 ports filled??
I’m probably past that.
With what though? Just curious
Hard drives, DVD/BD-ROM drives, game controllers, a floppy drive, webcam, charging cable, a scanner, there’s more i’m probably forgetting.
And you have all those constantly plugged in? I’ probably hate the cable mess
A lot of that can be easily cable managed, most people just don’t bother with the effort of making it look nice.
It’s all behind my desk. It’ll be fine.

More realistic option is 15 other Logitech wireless device receivers, and you don’t know which one goes to your current mouse and keyboard, so you just leave them all plugged in.

At least, that is my experience working in IT. Personal record was 6.