Two Ethernet ports on your PC are often used to connect multiple devices or for redundancy.
Two Ethernet ports on your PC are often used to connect multiple devices or for redundancy.
I have two boards on my "gaming" motherboard—one standard port and another specialized "killer extreme gaming" port. There’s software available for the latter, but I haven’t used it yet.
FireWire is an outdated technology. Those Ethernet connections might even be gigabit, but they were costly back then. Gigabit Ethernet is now considered old news, though it once offered the fastest speeds. FireWire has become obsolete, giving way to Thunderbolt and USB. Things used to be significantly quicker than alternatives, but they’re not anymore—now they lag behind USB. ADB was once revolutionary, dominating the DIN standards. This sounds like a machine that was once strong but may now be little more than a relic. Edited October 7, 2020 by Bombastinator
I only value ps/2 ports since they reduce the number of USB connections and some mechanical keyboards require them. Buckling spring mechanical keyboards are extremely durable and have been around since the 1970s.
It's a 2008 Dell XPS 730X H2C, an early model in the Alienware lineup (though I actually put an Alienware MB inside it). It supports full gigabyte speeds (10-100-1000). Still impressive given the hardware—i7-990x and twin 980 GPUs. Fun fact: Firewire stopped being supported in 2013, so it's not extremely old.
Relies on how "antique" is defined. For PCs 2014 the range expands, especially for CPUs from that time. Intel hasn<|pad|> have not extended it for its 10-year span, while I/O didn’t get the same update. FireWire existed before USB, with versions like 400 and 800. The 800 model was rarer and seen as a premium option. After USB came, USB became faster than 400 but still lagged behind 800.