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Need More USB 2.0 (Hub question)

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iBunny

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Well, I bought an iMac 20' Core duo today. Its currently on its way. I have too many USB devices and this thing's only issue, is that their are not enough USB ports on it.

I need a good USB 2.0 Hub or something. Anything anyone can recommend?
 
iBunny said:
Well, I bought an iMac 20' Core duo today. Its currently on its way. I have too many USB devices and this thing's only issue, is that their are not enough USB ports on it.

I need a good USB 2.0 Hub or something. Anything anyone can recommend?
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I'll ditto that.

Normally I'd suggest a belkin, but they just don't make anything 'pretty' enough to go with the iMac's. So can anyone suggest a pretty one too?
 
I have a little Kensington 4-port USB 2.0 hub that's brushed aluminum, small, and thin. It's worked well for me for over a year on my dual-2.0 PM. No problems. Bought it at the Apple Store in late 2004, I think.

Edit: they've made it smaller. Here is the most recent version of it.
 
The one I bought from my retail Apple store I didn't even end up using... way too ugly and way too many cords...
 
I really like this one from ADS which is available at Circuit City. It not only has 4 USB 2.0 ports but also handles FireWire and gives you 3 more FireWire ports.
 
Y'know I've looked at that one (thinking for my thumb drives on top rrather than shuffles but same difference) - are the ports powered or not? That was one thing I couldn't find on it.
 
LastLine said:
Y'know I've looked at that one (thinking for my thumb drives on top rrather than shuffles but same difference) - are the ports powered or not? That was one thing I couldn't find on it.
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Yes. I just bought one (without checkin the threads). It comes with a power adapter to power it. The package claims it can support up to two unpowered devices (I assume that's without power adapter).

BTW, while the white looks good, it doesn't quite match my G4 iMac, and wouldn't problably match a G5/intel imac. It's close, but not quite right. Not a problem for me, but just a note.
 
i have a belkin 4 port economy hub its black, its ugly, it has little lights telling me whats connected and whats not. and it works absolutely perfect :)
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd...Id=&Section_Id=1998&pcount=&Product_Id=123917

i couldnt find one that was cheap and good and pretty looking. ( choose 2 ) i would like to get the belkin firewire hub as well, but thats not AS important.

i sure do like that ministack thing. thats really really cool

edit: that belkin tunesync is awesome!! if i get my 5th gen ipod soon ( waiting on the seller ) i would totally replace ( or add to ) my existing hub with one of those. i could just daisy chain it :)
 
I also had that problem with my 20"MacTel.... So I went out and purchased this one...

It comes with screws so that you can mount it on the wall and also desk mountable....

But I just dropped it in the back of my desk since I'm not gonna be unplugging anything... I'll just pull it back up IF I gotta connect anything else...
 
Just to clarify this is the one I use
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProd...=158017&Section.Section_Path=/USB/Hubs/ct_Id>
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You can see one of the slots for click on stacking in the picture. I have the silver ones and it's about 3.5 inches wide.
 

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