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Firewire & USB 2.0 Combo Hub

Firewire & USB 2.0 Combo Hub

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: You gotta buy this!!
Review: I hade so much clutter in my office from cables and more cables that I was going crazy. This small and great looking combo hub is the best! (comes with magnet set up so you can just hang it on a metallic object on your desk or on metallic message boards). I'm so happy not having multiple hubs taking up more space. It's worked great since the first day and I'm going to buy another for my second computer.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This thing stinks!!
Review: If you want a device to make your computer to freeze, and not startup, this is the device you are looking for! Oh and did I mention that some of my devices didn't even work on it? And it is UGLY! This is my first and last product from "Macally"! Don't make the same mistake I did!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Seamlessly Add More Port Capacity
Review: This hub has worked flawlessly since the day I bought it. It adds much needed port capacity/flexibility to my G4 Powerbook.


Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This thing stinks!!
Review: This is the only hub I can find that has both USB and Firewire ports, which makes it a cheap sort-of docking station for a laptop.

... I don't think it is possible to upgrade to USB 2 simply by plugging in a USB 2 hub into a USB 1.1 port. The bus controller speed is still 1.1 on the actual computer, so the signal will slow down when it hits the USB port on the Cube. Sorry.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I don't think it can do that
Review: This is the only hub I can find that has both USB and Firewire ports, which makes it a cheap sort-of docking station for a laptop.

... I don't think it is possible to upgrade to USB 2 simply by plugging in a USB 2 hub into a USB 1.1 port. The bus controller speed is still 1.1 on the actual computer, so the signal will slow down when it hits the USB port on the Cube. Sorry.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: good combo hub, but doesn't integrate the two
Review: This single hub has three firewire jacks, four usb 2.0 jacks, and 1 usb 2.0 upload jack. Don't let the earlier review lead you astray -- This will not let you use USB 2.0 devices through a firewire port. The firewire connections are separate from the USB connections and if you want both you need to connect two wires from the hub to your computer, one to the USB interface in your computer and another to the firewire interface.

Otherwise it's nice looking and seems to work well enough.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED!
Review: This thing is great, I have a Mac Cube and always wish I could have USB 2.0 and couldn't put a upgrade card in my machine. This is the way around it. This is a perfect solution to the problem!


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