Comments on: A Short MacBook Review http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2006/07/a-short-macbook-review/ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: admin http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2006/07/a-short-macbook-review/#comment-8 admin Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:10:26 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/?p=17#comment-8 Indeed, havin' only two usb ports isn't that big of a problem but it's not that rare to want to have another one. Like when using one of these stupid pocket harddrives that need one for data and one for power. Good thing about old powerbooks used to be was that you could use FW800 for external HD (Lacie d2) leaving one port free on the machine. Should maybe invest to a FW400/800 cable to still have free 400 port on the HD... admin Indeed, havin’ only two usb ports isn’t that big of a problem but it’s not that rare to want to have another one. Like when using one of these stupid pocket harddrives that need one for data and one for power. Good thing about old powerbooks used to be was that you could use FW800 for external HD (Lacie d2) leaving one port free on the machine. Should maybe invest to a FW400/800 cable to still have free 400 port on the HD…

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]]> By: alex http://kristian.tapaninaho.com/2006/07/a-short-macbook-review/#comment-7 alex Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:47:49 +0000 http://tapaninaho.com/blog/?p=17#comment-7 it frustrates me when people complain that the apple laptops don't have enough usb (or other ports). how often do need to plug in more than 2 usb devices whilst mobile ? if you do need to many usb devices, chances are it'll be on your desk at home or at work where the devices don't move, so there is no reason not to use a hub. more ports != better having said all that, having 2 powered firewire ports would be great, as all the fw hubs i've tried suck. it frustrates me when people complain that the apple laptops don’t have enough usb (or other ports).

how often do need to plug in more than 2 usb devices whilst mobile ?
if you do need to many usb devices, chances are it’ll be on your desk at home or at work where the devices don’t move, so there is no reason not to use a hub.

more ports != better

having said all that, having 2 powered firewire ports would be great, as all the fw hubs i’ve tried suck.

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