In article <timstreater-915976.09141711072008@news.individual.net>, Tim Streater <timstreater@waitrose.com> wrote:
> In article <5_ydnbir-d9UbOvVnZ2dnUVZ_rCdnZ2d@comcast.com>, > Hugh Gibbons <hugh_gibbons@dontsendmeemail.net> wrote: > > > In article <tim.streater-D939DF.15395910072008@news.individual.net>, > > Tim Streater <tim.streater@dante.org.uk> wrote: > > > > > In article <1ijw6e7.19syry5k4cgu8N%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, > > > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > > > > > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In article <PpSdnb80PY3f4u7VnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, > > > > > Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote: > > > > [smip] > > > > > > > Only two USB ports. This is a major drawback. > > > > > > > > > > > > Only two? I thought it was three > > > > > > > > > > Depends; the iMac and 17" MacBook Pro have three. 15" MacBook Pro an > > > > > MacBook have two. The Mac Pro has five. > > > > > > > > Still, how hard is it to get a cheap USB hub? I have four port USB2 > > > > Logitech powered hubs attached to each of my iMac's three USB ports (I'm > > > > a USB gadget junkie :-D ). I don't know how people seem to get by > > > > without hubs or why it bothers people to have to do so. > > > > > > More wasted desk space and power. > > > > They use a little bit of desk space, but I don't think they use any more > > power (or hardly any more) than an interal hub would use. > > Perhaps not. But it's an extra power brick and another power socket used > up.
Not the ones I have. Mine are powered from the USB ports on my computer.
