Need a hub to power stuff up
Hi guys. I'm giving this thread a try.
I use a 15" Retina MacBook Pro which only has 2 USB 3 Ports. I connect my (old) 23" Cinema Display (my only excuse is I've got @1x and @2x available instantly) to 1 thunderbolt port and an ethernet cable to the other.
Other than that I also connect an Apple keyboard, a corded mouse, my iPhone, my iPad and my Apogee Duet 2. This means that I'm 2 USB ports short and that I need a hub to give my appliances som juice.
I currently have a Deltaco half-Death star-shaped hub that get external power. But first off it doesn't give enough power and secondly there was a spark when I connected it recently and I'm not really up for that.
So I was looking at this one; http://www.amazon.com/Satechi-Premi...s=satechi+7+port+usb+3.0+premium+aluminum+hub
It's the Satchi 7 port USB 3 "Premium Aluminium hub" which looks as right as it could in my mac environment and it has 7 ports. Also, it's USB 3 which is great as I look to add a USB 3 harddrive soon.
My concern now is: will it provide enough power to run my Razer mouse, my Apple Keyboard, my iPad, my iPhone and my Apogee Duet?
I'm really not good at these things (but I'm very good at other stuff, like cooking, designing and writing songs on my guitar!), so I would really appreciate some guidance!
Thanks guys!
Hi guys. I'm giving this thread a try.
I use a 15" Retina MacBook Pro which only has 2 USB 3 Ports. I connect my (old) 23" Cinema Display (my only excuse is I've got @1x and @2x available instantly) to 1 thunderbolt port and an ethernet cable to the other.
Other than that I also connect an Apple keyboard, a corded mouse, my iPhone, my iPad and my Apogee Duet 2. This means that I'm 2 USB ports short and that I need a hub to give my appliances som juice.
I currently have a Deltaco half-Death star-shaped hub that get external power. But first off it doesn't give enough power and secondly there was a spark when I connected it recently and I'm not really up for that.
So I was looking at this one; http://www.amazon.com/Satechi-Premi...s=satechi+7+port+usb+3.0+premium+aluminum+hub
It's the Satchi 7 port USB 3 "Premium Aluminium hub" which looks as right as it could in my mac environment and it has 7 ports. Also, it's USB 3 which is great as I look to add a USB 3 harddrive soon.
My concern now is: will it provide enough power to run my Razer mouse, my Apple Keyboard, my iPad, my iPhone and my Apogee Duet?
I'm really not good at these things (but I'm very good at other stuff, like cooking, designing and writing songs on my guitar!), so I would really appreciate some guidance!
Thanks guys!