I've been waiting on that hub too.
I was just asserting my distaste in the use of old technology in brand new electronics that can benefit--however minimally (i.e. audio interface)--from the the new port.
Of course, at the projected price of these hubs, we might as well pay 30% more and get it in an incredible display.
I've run into that problem daisy chaining firewire too.
Additionally, Seagate didn't think they should have an off switch...so it's always powering up and down with every sleep/wake, eject to power down.
You shouldn't need to rip out the power or wiggly FW800 cable or punch a separate power strip.
I might go with something
like this
But I can't blow $40 when i read elsewhere that the switches aren't intended for hard drives.
Daisy chaining is a pain.
However, if Thunderbolt could run (needing an extra split cable) as parallel circuits instead of series circuits...