Keyboard and mouse :: USB and PS/2

[ctbaars]

I am looking into a new business build. The last time I did this was 2006. At the time USB wasn't good for the keyboard going into the bios.
This is one company approved motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157646
If the keyboard and mouse are USB and no connection to the PS/2, can it be foreseen to be a problem?
Is there a benefit to using the PS/2 for one of the devices?

 

[XavierMace]

I haven't needed a PS/2 keyboard in god knows how long.

 

[Nashemon]

Any standard (read: non gaming) USB keyboard that you would find in a work environment will work fine in any modern BIOS. I've not encountered an old BIOS that one didn't work with in at least a decade. There are some fancy (gaming) keyboards that have a physical toggle that won't work until you switch the toggle.

For benefits, the only one I've ever cared about is that PS/2 keyboards have n-key rollover. You can press any number of keys at one time and all of them will register. Over USB, it's a feature that the manufacturer has to build into it, and it uses a slight bit of processing power.

I have one PS/2 keyboard that I keep around just in case (could probably get away with just a USB-to-PS/2 adapter), but given the choice I'll never use PS/2 unless absolutely required.

 

[DigDog]

you should have no problem at all unless using some archaic OS .. which you don't.

 

[ctbaars]

Thank you all for the responses.

 

[Cerb]

Is there a benefit to using the PS/2 for one of the devices?

PS/2 never misses keystrokes, while PS/2->USB converters do, using a native PS/2 keyboard (USB hadn't been invented when my keyboard was manufactured ).