Macbook Air and powered USB ports…
My 4+ year old Core2Duo 13" Black MacBook has served me well… but the wear on the plastic shell is really starting to show… not to mention the two battery packs that have bloating (not enough to be concerned about according to the store geeks). But for the last 6+ months I’ve been wanting to upgrade… the updated 13" MacBook Pro’s were nice, but the lack of upgrade to screen resolution turned me off of the purchase.
Now with the new Core i5 13" MacBook Air’s released today (and including pre-loaded OS X Lion, I couldn’t hold back and have placed my order. Very excited to order the top of the line model, 256GB SSD… didn’t do the jump to i7, didn’t see the value.
So my question is to the DJ’s out there with the MacBook Air… any issues with power and the USB ports? I would have two devices connected, my M-Audio Fast Track Pro and the Vestax TR-1 Traktor Controller. When playing, it’ll always be connected via AC Adapter… so that’s not the concern. But I heard a suggestion to place the audio device on the USB port closest to the power plug (as it’s the most important device), then place the midi controller on the other plug. Is this still suggested? Should I consider picking up a powered USB hub?