Does anyone know if the AKE BC168 card works properly with Mac OS-X? Does it operate at USB 2 speed? Will the Mac sleep properly with the card inserted? Will bus powered devices like USB 2 thumb drives work from bus power if I plug in the little cord from the built in USB port to the card? Any other useful information would be appreciated before I waste $10 and two weeks waiting for the card to show up from Hong Kong. Thanks for your help.I'll be using this card in a G3 'Pismo' PowerBook running OS 10.4.11 with all the updates.Scott. Scott,You want a USB 2.0 PC card that uses the NEC chipset; this is the chipset that is compatible with Apple's built-in software.
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It is difficult finding out which chipset a card uses; for whatever reason, the manufacturer is disinclined to do so. However, this PC card.does list the NEC chipset and is only $14.Will the Mac sleep properly with the card plugged in? It should but I cannot verify so. It will have enough bus power from the card itself to mount/use a thumb drive; having the additional power from another USB port is also nice.All I can say is buy the card if you want to use USB thumb drives with the higher USB 2.0 speeds. If there are issues, then there are workarounds.
The AKE BC168 cardbus showed up in today's mail. It does work in my Pismo PowerBook running OS 10.4.11 with all current updates. I'm not using the little USB power cord that came with the card and yet the card is supplying enough bus power just through the PCMCIA slot to power a USB Bluetooth dongle and a USB 2 thumb drive simultaneously. I moved files from the thumb drive to the internal hard drive through the USB 2 card, then through the built in USB 1 port on the back of the Pismo. The USB 2 card moves the same exact data almost 10 times as fast, so it's safe to say it is working at USB 2 speed. The card is completely internal, with no protrusion from the side of the Pismo at all. The face of the card fits flush against the side of the Pismo and the color matches like they were made for each other.
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This is an elegant and unobtrusive USB 2 solution worthy of a beautiful old PowerBook. The casual observer won't even notice it, or feel it for that matter. This card provides two USB 2 ports. The bigger cards provide as many as four ports, but those big cards stick way out of the cardbus slot. Unlike a lot of people I don't have many USB 2 devices. Most of my external devices are FireWire or USB 1. I guess that's because I own older PowerPC Macs.
A USB 2 thumb drive and perhaps the occasional USB 2 Flash card reader will probably be the only USB 2 devices my Pismo will use. Hope this review helps someone trying to make a decision. I'll write back if anything changes, but so far the AKE BC168 looks like exactly what I wanted. Apple Footer.This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums.
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