[angelmb]

Never have bought one, so I don't know jack about those nor understand why are that expensive. The hub would be attached to an aluminum iMac; it should work with several printers and scanners.

Thanks.

[ghporter]

Not a big question here. Go with a "known brand" like Belkin. Plain old unpowered hubs are quite inexpensive-I have a couple, very portable hubs I got at Office Depot for less than $5 each-but powered hubs cost more because of both the cost of the power supply and the internals for poet management. I have a Belkin 7 port powered hub (5 on the back, 2 on top) that retails for $35 to $50; shop around for the best deal.

By the way, I use one of those unplowed, inexpensive hubs to connect two printers to my AirPort Extreme base, and when I finally decide on which USB hard drive to go with I'll use that hub to connect that to the base, too.

[P]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

the internals for poet management.

Originally Posted by ghporter 

By the way, I use one of those unplowed, inexpensive hubs to

iPhone autocorrect, by any chance?

[ghporter]

iPad, but yes. And I thought I proofed that post. "Power" management, and "unpowered."

[angelmb]

Since these printers and scanners I intend to connect come with its own power supply, it is safe to say that any unpowered hub would be OK; am I mistaken?

[ibook_steve]

Originally Posted by angelmb 

Since these printers and scanners I intend to connect come with its own power supply, it is safe to say that any unpowered hub would be OK; am I mistaken?

Yes, any cheapo unpowered hub should be fine. You really only need a powered hub for things like portable hard drives (though some work fine on unpowered hubs) and for connecting and charging high power devices, like any iDevice.

Steve

[reader50]

In theory, it will be fine. But powered hubs usually work as unpowered if the brick isn't plugged in. And you'll regret not having a powered hub the first time you plug a camera in.