[X4U] Re: Duplicating?

[David Ledger]

At 11:22 -0800 19/12/08, David Brostoff wrote:
>At 11:06 AM +0000 12/19/08, David Ledger wrote:
>
>>   <snip>  personally I wouldn't use a non-powered external drive 
>>except with a laptop that travels, with that drive, on a fairly 
>>frequent basis.
>
>Could you elaborate a little ?

For computers other than laptops that travel there's no disadvantage 
in a power brick and it reduces the load on the system PSU. It also 
reduces the chance that plugging in just one more thing will stop 
things from working. Powered hubs use such poor power bricks that I'd 
rather not use that middle ground except where I have to.

David


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