USB2 hub - will it work?

[Judeastone]

Hi there,

I bought a Mac Mini the other day, for delivery soon... Am looking into getting a USB hub for it too...

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...m9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=56274&_LOC=UK

This one suggests only G5 and above, or USB2 upgrade card... the Mac Mini supports USB2, so it should work, yes?

I've learnt a lot from reading these forums, thanks guys.

Jude

 

[willyhunt]

Hi, I have exactly the same USB Hub (Its a nice bit of kit). Bought from the same place too. And yes it will work with the mini.

 

[Judeastone]

Cheers... thanks a lot

 

[CanadaRAM]

When a hubmaker says G5 and up, what they mean is only recent models Mac have USB 2, so they can't advertise it as being a USB 2 hub for a Mac that doesn't have the 2.o support. You can take for granted that any USB 2 hub is also compatible with USB 1.1 on any Mac.

Now whether your USB peripheral's software drive will work whilst connected through a hub (any hub) rather than directly to the back of the Mac, is a different story.

Thanks
Trevor
CanadaRAM.com