New mac mini has more USB than the new iMac?

[toonshorty]

It's all in the title, it almost sounds stupid...

cheapest mac: 5 usb sockets
2nd most expensive mac: 4 usb sockets

I am just being stupid or is this totally against the laws of logic?!

 

[DannySmurf]

Actually, the iMac comes with 5 usable ports as well (2 on the keyboard, 4 on the machine - with one used to connect the two together).

 

[belvdr]

Actually, the iMac comes with 5 usable ports as well (2 on the keyboard, 4 on the machine - with one used to connect the two together).

With that same logic, the Mini still has more ports.

 

[CalumC]

With that same logic, the Mini still has more ports.

Only with an apple keyboard, remember that the mac mini is marketed on being BYOKBM.

 

[GeekLawyer]

The Mini has always had more USB ports than the iMac.

My CD iMac: 3 USB ports
My C2D Mini: 4 USB ports

 

[belvdr]

Only with an apple keyboard, remember that the mac mini is marketed on being BYOKBM.

True for marketing, and I could add a USB hub as well and get 16 ports. That's not relevant really

Just looking at the system by itself, with no added peripherals, the mini still has more ports.

 

[DannySmurf]

With that same logic, the Mini still has more ports.

No, because the mini comes with five while the iMac comes with six. After market, you could skew that in either direction. Big deal.

True for marketing, and I could add a USB hub as well and get 16 ports. That's not relevant really

Just looking at the system by itself, with no added peripherals, the mini still has more ports.

True, but so what? The iMac has a faster (&bigger) hard drive, graphics card, processor, comes with a monitor, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. The complaint was that the low-end machine comes with an extra USB port (actual value, at 1/4 the price of a USB hub: about $5). Do the extras in the iMac not offset that?