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Ask HN: What hardware would you like Mac OSX to support?

3 points by wagerlabs ↗ HN
Do you have a USB, FireWire, SATA, etc. device that you want to use with Mac OSX but can't? Does it have Linux drivers?

I'm looking for hardware not supported by Mac OSX. Please let me know the make and model so that I can get in touch with the manufacturer and write the drivers!

    Thanks in advance, Joel
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pclark
obligatory: Tablet.
wagerlabs
Which tablet, though? I'm using a Wacom Intuos and it works just fine.
dasil003
I have an Intuos2 that I've always used on OS X. I've always considered this thing the pinnacle of tablet technology (pressure/angle sensitive, high resolution, etc). Are there better ones out there (whether or not they work on OS X)?

Admittedly the last tablet I had before this was a KoalaPad.

wmf
In the glorious ZFS future we will want drivers for Fusion io and non-RAID SAS HBAs with expander support.
jmackinn
Most external hard drives that support network attached storage do not work with Mac's.
wagerlabs
Can you please give me an example?
jmackinn
Sure, here's a drive I was looking at just recently - http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=279

There are drives out there that support Macs but they are generally fairly expensive and are basically full file servers. I would just like a simple external hard drive that I could plug into my router.