Good USB port to buy??

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Can anyone suggest a brand for a USB hub to get, an external one that I can add to my iMac? I've already run out of ports on my iMac to use. Or does brand not matter and I should just get anything?? Thanks again, you guys are so helpful. :)
 
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usb hubs?

I bought this one. $8 bucks. works great. Usb 2.0, and it's cool looking :)

or go to best buy and pay like $30 or more for one.
 
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Ooops..yes I meant USB hubs...it's been a SUPER long day for me...brain fade.....thanks...
 
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you can get a 7-port USB 2.0 hub from iogear. Its externally powered and I think it also has some firewire ports available. Shouldn't be too expensive.
 
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I've seen 16 port USB hubs, but they're expensive. Perhaps they might have some Mac ones at the Apple store?
 
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How much was the shipping on the $8.00 one??
 
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Pretty much any externally powered USB hub will work fine for you. I have a Staples branded 7 port USB hub that works fine, and has attached to it my printer, Wacom tablet, CanoScan scanner, media card reader, iPod, and camera depending on what might be hooked in at any given time. The other built in USB port goes to a USB external disk drive, everything else is peripherals through the hub on the other one. I have a Nikon D40 DSLR camera (love to take a photograph/momma don't take my Kodachrome away!) that I transfer pictures from and while the documentation for the cam states "attach the D40 directly to your USB port, don't use any hubs" pictures transfer just fine with the hub, and pretty quickly as well. This is important when you have 4 GB SD cards these days and you need to transfer 500+ raw images (or even jpg fine, which are pretty beefy at about 5 meg each) after a shoot.
 
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You won't need a powered usb hub if your external components are powered, themselves. I bought this cheapie GE 4 port hub from Home Depot (cuz i saw it and was like Ok...) Works a charm hooked up to my Airport Extreme with all my external drives hooked up to it.
 

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