photonboy :
AndyChow,
Why would you need more than 6xUSB, ethernet, and audio connections on the rear anyway?
You don't need video since it comes with a graphics card. If you really needed more than SIX USB you can always get a hub or addon card for pretty cheap.
Since you ask, I want two usb-c. Don't have to be independent ports, could be shared. One for my cellphone, one for my laptop. But, that's me. If not, use the space. Just put some stuff that costs $0.05 and doesn't sacrifice anything. Like a ps/2, a couple usb-2, something.
Doesn't have to be a parallel port that no one uses but that 1% of 1% of linux user that insists on boycotting something that doesn't have vga, parallel and serial, because a cousin of a cousin once used that feature in the 70's But my anemic junk terminal has 10 active usb ports, and I have to use these usb-c converters for my phone and laptop. So there is an actual barebones usecase where 6*usb+ethernet isn't enough.
And it's fine that it has no video ports. The cpu doesn't have an integrated gpu, so it's very good that it doesn't have a video port. But, then, the ethernet should have WOL and those type of features.