good usb hub recommendation needed

[dazed]

Hi,

Have a mac mini and my little cheapy powered hub i brought over from the pc seems to be having issues i.e i tried to plug an external hard drive into it and it constantly disconnected (same thing happens with a sd card reader).

This worked fine on my XP machine but it appears my mac doesnt like it.

can anyone recommend a good hub ? i was thinking of the belkin one but reviews on the apple site seem to suggest it lacks power which i would need if i want to plug a hard drive or two as well as a printer into it.


Thanks

 

[wexford]

belkin makes one for the mini, but never used it, so cant vouch:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817394017

i use this one, and it's great:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817394054

the pics there only show the one usb port on top (which i use all of the time for my cruzer thumb drive), but there's another 3 ports on the back.

 

[Thi]

I've had this for my MBP for over 8 months now. It powers my miglia tvmicro usb tv tuner flawlessly. I've only lost the connection maybe 3 times, so its pretty reliable IMO.

 

[spaceballl]

How heavy is that belkin hub, Thi? I was thinking about buying that hub today, but I don't want it to be light and fall of my desk if it's plugged into a few devices. I want a nice, heavy hub.

I was going to buy the weighted Kensington USB hub, but the ports are in the front, not the back!