I/O Port Priority List

[Josuha]

I/O is important if you want to plug in any external devices. So, what I/O do you make sure a laptop has when considering purchasing a laptop? 

 

My priority is this:

1. Headphone Jack. I do want to listen to my tunes in peace.

2. USB-A. Still have several devices that require USB-A, so I'll need at least one for an external hard drive.

3. SD Card. My Nintendo Switch has a 128 GB Card, so I'll need one in case the Switch's SD Card needs to be empty out of its photo gallery.

4. USB-C. I only need it if I want to import photos from my iPhone to my laptop via USB-C Cable, but it's not really important for me.

 

That's it for me. Any other ports on the laptop I don't see a utility for now.

[da na]

I rarely use laptops, but I'd say USB-A is most important. Then SD slot. Not Micro SD, my current laptop has micro SD and I hate it since all my cameras are full size SD so I need a dongle for my big cards. Then headphone jack. 

Oh and the charging port is pretty important too...

[AudiTTFan]

37 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

I rarely use laptops, but I'd say USB-A is most important. Then SD slot. Not Micro SD, my current laptop has micro SD and I hate it since all my cameras are full size SD so I need a dongle for my big cards. Then headphone jack. 

Oh and the charging port is pretty important too...

I agree on the full-sized SD card reader, which is why I still have my old Acer Aspire 5517 for importing photos. I recently upgraded it from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 so it can still get updates without running an OS that makes it perform like an IBM PC Jr. trying to run Crysis