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[atoa at krak.net]

Shrug. You think the article is a lie? Fine.

But my entire point has been that the article does NOT back up your 
statement:

The article only stipulates that one should use powered USB hubs
(contrary to unpowered ones).

It does nothing of the kind.

On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, TonVanHest wrote:

> Op 5-aug-04 om 21:34 heeft atoa at krak.net het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Common sense and general USB knowledge are fine, but the Cube speakers are 
>> peculiar beasts.
>
> They are just "regular" USB devices that swallow the total 500MW that USB 
> ports on a Mac or PC are supposed to deliver
>
>> Does the typical "powered hub" supply more power than
>> the onboard USB port on a non-cube G4?
>
> With a powered hub  _each_  port gets (at least) 500Mw of power! On a 
> nonpowered hub the incoming power (which should be 500mw) is available for 
> any device on any given port.
>
>> That article pretty clearly says that the Cube speakers should not be used 
>> with other G-4's, unless via the monitor port. Not the keyboard (of 
>> course), not the onboard port, and not any third-party USB device. The 
>> reason is clearly stated:
>
> Just like Apple's states that their systems can only write DVD-R. Apple goes 
> to any length to protect their market and still many people believe it.
>
>> I'm not saying that the cube speakers _won't_ work with a powered hub. But 
>> the referenced article does NOT say that they will. The implication is the 
>> opposite.
>
> Have you ever seen an article from Apple telling you that buying memory from 
> nextdoor PC shop is a smart thing to do? Nope, Apple goes a long way to 
> protect it business and will sell you memory that has twice the price and is 
> 100% identical to the cheaper.
>
> Don't ever expect Apple to tell you that competitor's (and cheaper) stuff 
> will work fine in their systems. Just take a look at the price Apple charges 
> for a run-of-the-shell Pioneer DVD burner, the exactly the same can be bought 
> for 30% less! Apple is not going to tell you that.
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> Ton van Hest
>
>
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