HP Envy 17t-j100 Distance between USB Slots suggestion

I intended this post as a recommandation for HP.
I have an HP Envy Touchsmart 17t-j100 and everything is excelent up until now.
The only thing that is very annoying is the distance between USB ports. PLEASE increase the distance between USB ports for the future models. I have a lot of problems tryng to connect everything I need.
Even if I try to open the DVD drive, it will stuck in my USB device. I mean how much difficult is to put a distance of 1 cm between them?
If the USB cables are the standard size, there are no problems but most of the USB devices nowadays are much more wider than a standard USB cable and I keep having problems.
I mean it's a 17" laptop, there is plenty of space on the sides. In the end, it's better to drop the DVD drive and put a VGA slot instead, but with bigger distance between USB ports.
I am planning to buy another ENVY in the future but I really want my new laptop to have USB ports with a wider distance bewtween them.
Thank you very much and I hope HP will take care of this little problem on the future models.
Have a nice day.
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Hi @catapara89 ,
Thank you for visiting the HP Support Forums and Welcome. Thanks so much for taking the time to let us know of your suggestions on the USB slots. It is important and has been viewed.
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