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I wish there was a single module with two USB-A ports, but I don't think they're wide enough.

That would be an extremely niche use case. Can't imagine any scenario needing more than 2-3 x USB A ports outdoors. In any case it would make much more sense to use a dock.

Niche? One for the keyboard, one for the mouse. That's a normal computer, if you believe wires are better than Bluetooth.

We're talking about a laptop. What's the point of a laptop if you're just going to make it into an underpowered desktop?

And it's not like mouses and keyboards need a 4Gbps connection to the host. Plug them into a tiny hub. You're already lugging a keyboard and mouse around, why not a hub too?

My laptop is "an underpowered desktop" 90% of the time, but it saves me from having a second machine the remaining part of the time.

But I agree regarding ports - at home my mouse and keyboard are plugged into a cheap KVM switch, so I still need only one USB port on the laptop; If I needed to lug them with me I'd certainly just bring a hub too.

I don't lug a keyboard and mouse around, but I'm very happy happy to have three ports on my Thinkpad. There are lots of other things to plug in - MIDI controllers, audio interfaces, macropads, microcontroller dev boards and debuggers, cameras and other capture devices. It depends on what you do with your computer.

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