on my current laptop I have 3 USB ports and a 4 port USB hub giving me a total of 6 USB ports but I have 1 USB mouse, 1 USB keyboard, 2 external USB hard drives, 1 Bose Companion USB sound system, 1 external USB DVD/RW drive, 1 USB cable for my iPhone, 1 USB bluetooth dongle, 1 USB webcam, I think you can see where this is going so my problem is that I have to keep on unplugging USB hardware to put something else in and I don't want to keep buying more USB hubs to support all of them so I want to go as wireless as possible but all the wireless things that I searched for so far have to have a USB receiver which defeats the object in my case, Yes there would be far less cables but I would still need lots of USB ports for all the wireless things like mouse, keyboard, etc.
I have a deceased Acer Aspire RC900 that has a wireless keyboard and mouse which would help my situation a little so I searched online for the manual and the receiver for this is a "RF Board, for Wireless signal".
If I want to use this mouse and keyboard on my laptop then should I buy a RF wireless USB dongle for the laptop or maybe a PCI card of the same kind because the laptop will not find the mouse and keyboard with it's built in wireless receiver.
1.) Laptops cannot use PCI cards; they have their own internal card formats that are much smaller and completely incompatable.
2.) You can get nice mini 4-port USB hubs for super-cheap...three of them would give you 12 useable ports, would that be enough?
3.) They make bluetooth keyboards & mice...if you already have the dongle, this may appeal to you, as you can use a single port for keyboard, mouse, and other bluetooth-type stuff.
4.) You might have a PCMCIA slot on the side or back of the laptop. You can get PCMCIA cards with multiple USB ports.
5.) You probably have a wifi adapter inside your laptop that is removable. This can be replaced with a WiFi+bluetooth adapter, thus eliminating the dongle.
