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[TonVanHest]

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