can mbp power usb ext drive

[Gokhan]

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you know what i am no longer mad at apple i have NOW sold the damn pb and will not buy another apple product for a while !!!

For them to charge you an arm and a leg or both legs and arms for a disabled product is unaceptable !!!

I mean they call the pb a pro consumer machine ?? didnt it occur to them that these so called PRO CONSUMERS may ****** want to use a external harddrive on the go and utilize thier portable products rather than be weighed down by it ???

disgracefull i say and for the ibook to not display the issue is an even bigger disgrace how the **** can u market pro consumer products that get beaten at its own game by its cheaper entry level sibling ???????

i ask apple how can u justify taking my hard earned £1400 and not giving me the same basic feature as a £600 ibook or pc laptop

no more apples for a while they cause me headaches everytime !!!!!!

 

[gnasher729]

yeah but why do i as a pro consumer have to suffer from fckd usb ports i know i could use firewire but again i have to fork out extra for a firewire drive ???

Apart from your horrible use of something almost resembling English language, the USB spec says very clearly that a powered USB port has to supply 500mA at 5V, and if you have a hard disk that needs more than 500mA at 5V, then it is the fault of the hard disk if it doesn't work. Complain to the hard disk manufacturer. Unless of course the hard disk manufacturer hasn't made any claim that the disk can be powered through USB, in which case you have only got yourself to blame.

 

[maycontainnutz]

i don't see why it wouldn't

 

[Sesshi]

Apart from your horrible use of something almost resembling English language, the USB spec says very clearly that a powered USB port has to supply 500mA at 5V, and if you have a hard disk that needs more than 500mA at 5V, then it is the fault of the hard disk if it doesn't work. Complain to the hard disk manufacturer. Unless of course the hard disk manufacturer hasn't made any claim that the disk can be powered through USB, in which case you have only got yourself to blame.

Yes but it doesn't change the fact that the cheapest Windows laptop I've got can power up all of the USB powered HDD's I've got. The MBP does too of course, but then it's got other tics which cheaper Windows machines can best the Mac at.

You go OS X to a closed hardware platform, regardless of how relatively standard it may be now, you've got to reconcile the issues you get vs having OS X. Simple as that. Sorry you had bad luck Gokhan, hope you find a workable compromise.

 

[Temujin]

Apart from your horrible use of something almost resembling English language

Can't believe so many MacRumors members go there. Who gives a ****.
Petty Petty Petty

Oh an by the way it's "The english language"

 

[Gokhan]

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listen to the guy who's hung up about my english i get it all the time at uni so no need to go there !!! (i am being nice here)

thanks guys i just felt that i had to keep trying to work around things and i got tired then snapped , maybe i will buy another pb but only at a very good price , but yes like the guys said what gripes me the most is that CHEAP ass pc laptops can perform stuff my over expensive pb can't so i thought why fight the tide and sold up ! rest assured i will buy another intel mac just not for a while

p.s ( if it wasnt such a issue why have APPLE now fixed the problem with new intel macs ??? )