Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.
One of the next things up is to figure out a reasonable approach
to provisioning with an ample number of USB 2/3 ports.
Insofar as how many, I'd guess that the Mac Pro probably has
somewhere around 15-20. Probably don't technically need that
many, but its fast/easy/lazy to leave stuff plugged in when not
in active use, as well as to have a USB/Lightning prepositioned
for whatever mobile device synch, etc.
In looking at Thunderbolt & USB-C hubs, the general trend seems
to be that they have a wide variety of interfaces on them
(eg, HDMI, Ethernet, SDXC), but I already have these pretty well
covered; just looking for mostly just "more USB's" than the others.
Is this use case to just keep on using a bog-standard old school
USB hub to branch off an existing USB 2/3 port? Or is there a
USB-C/TB modernized equivalent that's worthwhile?
Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.
One of the next things up is to figure out a reasonable approach
to provisioning with an ample number of USB 2/3 ports.
Insofar as how many, I'd guess that the Mac Pro probably has
somewhere around 15-20. Probably don't technically need that
many, but its fast/easy/lazy to leave stuff plugged in when not
in active use, as well as to have a USB/Lightning prepositioned
for whatever mobile device synch, etc.
In looking at Thunderbolt & USB-C hubs, the general trend seems
to be that they have a wide variety of interfaces on them
(eg, HDMI, Ethernet, SDXC), but I already have these pretty well
covered; just looking for mostly just "more USB's" than the others.
Is this use case to just keep on using a bog-standard old school
USB hub to branch off an existing USB 2/3 port? Or is there a
USB-C/TB modernized equivalent that's worthwhile?
On 2022-07-21 11:45, -hh wrote:
Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.
One of the next things up is to figure out a reasonable approach
to provisioning with an ample number of USB 2/3 ports.
Insofar as how many, I'd guess that the Mac Pro probably has
somewhere around 15-20. Probably don't technically need that
many, but its fast/easy/lazy to leave stuff plugged in when not
in active use, as well as to have a USB/Lightning prepositioned
for whatever mobile device synch, etc.
In looking at Thunderbolt & USB-C hubs, the general trend seems
to be that they have a wide variety of interfaces on them
(eg, HDMI, Ethernet, SDXC), but I already have these pretty well
covered; just looking for mostly just "more USB's" than the others.
Is this use case to just keep on using a bog-standard old schoolI've found the NYTimes Wirecutter to be a good source and they suggest
USB hub to branch off an existing USB 2/3 port? Or is there a
USB-C/TB modernized equivalent that's worthwhile?
this for maximum USB-A style ports:
<https://www.anker.com/products/a7515?_pos=2&_sid=683f58b73&_ss=r>
7 ports of USB-A SuperSpeed and 3 charging ports (for which they don't mention the transfer speed, if any).
And there's another one with 10 ports which all deliver SuperSpeed and
one of which is a charging port:
<https://www.anker.com/products/o7510?_pos=1&_sid=683f58b73&_ss=r>
Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.
One of the next things up is to figure out a reasonable approach
to provisioning with an ample number of USB 2/3 ports.
Insofar as how many, I'd guess that the Mac Pro probably has
somewhere around 15-20. Probably don't technically need that
many, but its fast/easy/lazy to leave stuff plugged in when not
in active use, as well as to have a USB/Lightning prepositioned
for whatever mobile device synch, etc.
In looking at Thunderbolt & USB-C hubs, the general trend seems
to be that they have a wide variety of interfaces on them
(eg, HDMI, Ethernet, SDXC), but I already have these pretty well
covered; just looking for mostly just "more USB's" than the others.
Is this use case to just keep on using a bog-standard old school
USB hub to branch off an existing USB 2/3 port? Or is there a
USB-C/TB modernized equivalent that's worthwhile?
-hh
On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 2:45:24 PM UTC-4, -hh wrote:
Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.
One of the next things up is to figure out a reasonable approach
to provisioning with an ample number of USB 2/3 ports.
Insofar as how many, I'd guess that the Mac Pro probably has
somewhere around 15-20. Probably don't technically need that
many, but its fast/easy/lazy to leave stuff plugged in when not
in active use, as well as to have a USB/Lightning prepositioned
for whatever mobile device synch, etc.
In looking at Thunderbolt & USB-C hubs, the general trend seems
to be that they have a wide variety of interfaces on them
(eg, HDMI, Ethernet, SDXC), but I already have these pretty well
covered; just looking for mostly just "more USB's" than the others.
Is this use case to just keep on using a bog-standard old school
USB hub to branch off an existing USB 2/3 port? Or is there a
USB-C/TB modernized equivalent that's worthwhile?
-hh
Just use the plethora of USB ports that come on your MacBook... Oh wait.
On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 3:39:55 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
On 2022-07-21 11:45, -hh wrote:
Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.I've found the NYTimes Wirecutter to be a good source and they suggest
One of the next things up is to figure out a reasonable approach
to provisioning with an ample number of USB 2/3 ports.
Insofar as how many, I'd guess that the Mac Pro probably has
somewhere around 15-20. Probably don't technically need that
many, but its fast/easy/lazy to leave stuff plugged in when not
in active use, as well as to have a USB/Lightning prepositioned
for whatever mobile device synch, etc.
In looking at Thunderbolt & USB-C hubs, the general trend seems
to be that they have a wide variety of interfaces on them
(eg, HDMI, Ethernet, SDXC), but I already have these pretty well
covered; just looking for mostly just "more USB's" than the others.
Is this use case to just keep on using a bog-standard old school
USB hub to branch off an existing USB 2/3 port? Or is there a
USB-C/TB modernized equivalent that's worthwhile?
this for maximum USB-A style ports:
<https://www.anker.com/products/a7515?_pos=2&_sid=683f58b73&_ss=r>
7 ports of USB-A SuperSpeed and 3 charging ports (for which they don't
mention the transfer speed, if any).
And there's another one with 10 ports which all deliver SuperSpeed and
one of which is a charging port:
<https://www.anker.com/products/o7510?_pos=1&_sid=683f58b73&_ss=r>
Finally getting back around to this.
I think in general I'm not looking for charging, so I'd go with the simpler of the above.
Another that I've found while causally browsing is this one:
<https://www.amazon.com/Rybozen-7-Port-Aluminum-Adapter-Desktop/dp/B07FQ94LV7>
I'll admit that the visual appearance is a hook; I'm not familiar with Rybozen as a brand.
On 2022-08-29 05:02, -hh wrote:
On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 3:39:55 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
On 2022-07-21 11:45, -hh wrote:
Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.I've found the NYTimes Wirecutter to be a good source and they suggest
One of the next things up is to figure out a reasonable approach
to provisioning with an ample number of USB 2/3 ports.
Insofar as how many, I'd guess that the Mac Pro probably has
somewhere around 15-20. Probably don't technically need that
many, but its fast/easy/lazy to leave stuff plugged in when not
in active use, as well as to have a USB/Lightning prepositioned
for whatever mobile device synch, etc.
In looking at Thunderbolt & USB-C hubs, the general trend seems
to be that they have a wide variety of interfaces on them
(eg, HDMI, Ethernet, SDXC), but I already have these pretty well
covered; just looking for mostly just "more USB's" than the others.
Is this use case to just keep on using a bog-standard old school
USB hub to branch off an existing USB 2/3 port? Or is there a
USB-C/TB modernized equivalent that's worthwhile?
this for maximum USB-A style ports:
<https://www.anker.com/products/a7515?_pos=2&_sid=683f58b73&_ss=r>
7 ports of USB-A SuperSpeed and 3 charging ports (for which they don't
mention the transfer speed, if any).
And there's another one with 10 ports which all deliver SuperSpeed and
one of which is a charging port:
<https://www.anker.com/products/o7510?_pos=1&_sid=683f58b73&_ss=r>
Finally getting back around to this.
I think in general I'm not looking for charging, so I'd go with the simpler of the above.
Another that I've found while causally browsing is this one:
<https://www.amazon.com/Rybozen-7-Port-Aluminum-Adapter-Desktop/dp/B07FQ94LV7>
I'll admit that the visual appearance is a hook; I'm not familiar with Rybozen as a brand.Yes, well. There are LOTS of brands on Amazon no one has ever heard of... 😂
But more importantly, that hub is USB-A for the attachment to the Mac,
and so you could run into more of a bottleneck if you have a couple of
high bandwidth devices attached.
I'd be looking for a hub that is lots of USB ports but which connects to
the Mac via Thunderbolt/USB-C
On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 2:45:24 PM UTC-4, -hh wrote:
Been slowly tinkering with my glacial desktop transition.
...
Just use the plethora of USB ports that come on your MacBook... Oh wait.
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