Howdy, A hub is cheap, and works for a lot of things. What do you want to plug in? Each USB hub on the computer can drive .5 amps. If you are plugging in multiple devices that need power, you may need a powered hub or the pci card. Not all PCI USB cards work in the Mac. Look in the archives for messages about that, or wait for further responses here. If I knew specifics on that, I'd give it to you. I remember having to be carefule when I bought my PCI USB 2.0 card. Available and supported chips have likely changed since then. Good luck, Ralph
On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 08:03 -0400, Mac G4 wrote: > Hello, > I have a G4 MDD that only came with 2 (4 if you count the keyboard) > usb ports. I am not very concerned with the 1.0 versus 2.0, so > considering that - my question is this: Should I get a usb pci card > or just a usb hub? > > If I do get a pci card are they specific to the platform (i.e. mac/pc) > or will any usb pci work on a mac? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
