Howard Brazee <howard.TakeThisOut@brazee.net> writes:
> >http://matias.ca/tactilepro2/
> I see it has a high speed USB dock. I infer that it is a powered
> dock, something that I have wanted since I tried to plug in my iPod to
> Apple and Windows keyboards to find out that they did not have enough
> power. But I can't tell if I am correct to infer this.
Mine's the first-generation TactilePro, but it, too, has a
couple of pass-through USBs. And, no, they're not powered
independently. The keyboard plugs into the computer's USB
and only into the computer's USB - and doesn't pass through
enough power to run things like usb-powered hard drives and
such. They still need to be plugged directly into the
computer. At least in my experience. It pass enough power
for, say, an iPod Shuffle. And it's just fine for USB
keychain-drives (I use it for that all the time). But no
go for anything which wants more power than that.
This new second-generation keyboard, though - clearly it's
different. It's plugs into TWO of your computer's USB
ports and, apparently, one of them is a straight passthrough
to the USB 2.0 Dock on the keyboard. That being the case,
you don't come out ahead port-wise by this - it's just a
convenience bringing a port from the back of your computer
to the top of your keyboard.
Very nice. As I said, I love my first-gen tactile pro.
But it was a gift - I'd probably not have spent that much
on it myself unless it were my primary machine on which I
spend all day working.
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