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Mbp -- Usb Port
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Well the iPod should work no problem - but if i remember correctly, one of the ports on the MBP is just basically a hub off of the other port, so it's not a fully powered connection or something like that - can someone confirm?
Yes they both work - that wasn't the question. The question was whether or not the macbook/pros have two hardware USB ports or one with another port piggybacking off of it
Apparently the right port is on a hub and the left port is not.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1717
I opened up System Profiler with a flash drive in the left port and my ipod in the right port, and apparently the right port is shared with iSight. It shouldn't make much of a difference unless you are actually using iSight.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1717
I opened up System Profiler with a flash drive in the left port and my ipod in the right port, and apparently the right port is shared with iSight. It shouldn't make much of a difference unless you are actually using iSight.
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i think you mean the firewire 800 and 400 ports. The 800 bridges through the 400? Or vise verse. So using both at the same time bottle necks it up.
Or maybe i dont know anything...
They should both work normally, and they can both provide full power to charge an iPod, but the right one apparently shares its bandwidth with iSight, meaning that if you are using something like an external hard drive on the right port at the same time as you are using iSight, you might notice reduced transfer rates to the hard drive. The original poster seems to have a defective USB port on the left side, but it sounds like it's working now.
I have a 160GB 7200 RPM 2.5" hard drive in an external case that runs fine off USB power alone from either port. It works even if I'm running the MBP from battery power. That said, once in a while, the left one does require me to unplug/replug the USB cable a second time before it mounts the volume. Doesn't happen too often though.