A friend of mine just bought an Mbox 2 and with his laptop (a Dell), the USB bus does not seem to have enough power to power the thing properly and we had low output and even distortion sometimes. I have an HD rig and am very familiar with protools and proper levels and such so no user error. Anybody else having USB power starving issues with the Mbox 2? I have heard others having a similar problem and that alot of new computers, Powerbooks and G5s included, have LESS power to the USB ports than previous models (totally cheap and lame of apple to do that). Then the fact that the Mbox 2 does not even have the option of powering it from the wall seems a bit silly. Thinking of returning it. Maybe one of the M audio boxes that works with Protools Mpowered that can plug into a wall would be better. If you respond please state what computer model you are using because I guess USB power varies a bit from computer to computer. thanks in advance for any info.