how long have (bargain) PCs been coming with USB mouse and keyboard?
Uh never, My newest computer a Dell about two yrs old has USB ports but the mouse is Ps2.Why is everyone so enthused about USB?I haven't had the best of luck with anything connected via USB since my camera.To use the technical term it's kinda "sketchy"
I had problems with USB when I used Windows machines. That was before XP, so I can't speak to how well it works with USB, USB2 or firewire, but Windows ME, NT, 98 and 2000 were not good on USB support.