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    Help deciding on a powered usb hub for 1645

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Jedis, Jul 7, 2010.

  1. Jedis

    Jedis Notebook Consultant

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    I need help deciding on a powered usb hub for my 1645. Does anyone have a good one that they can recommend?

    I'm currently looking at this one and also this one.

    I definitely want it to be a powered hub. I can't believe they are only putting 2 USB ports on laptops now. My old Inspiron 1520 had 4 at least :/

    Thanks for any suggestions!
     
    Jedis, Jul 7, 2010
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  2. codester

    codester Notebook Consultant

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    I can't really recommend a USB hub since I don't use one, but I think both of those look good. It looks like the first one might have a better rating even though less people rated it. Also, you do know that the 1645 has 3 USB ports don't you? I know it's still less than 4, but it's better than 2.
     
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    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    You do also know that the combined speed of all the ports in the hub can never exceed that if the single one it's plugged in to, right? Hubs are only really good for things like mice and keyboards which don't require much bandwidth.
     
    funky monk, Jul 8, 2010
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