On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:00:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > Sure, apple used to over-power the USB connectors on the older ibooks > and powerbooks, which is why it works. I don't know why they stopped > doing this later on, but apparently they did. Probably when they stopped making USB devices that drew more power than permitted by the specification. For example, the speakers for the Cube drew about 1000% of what the standard said they should and came with dire warnings that you should avoid connecting them to anything else. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever."
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