Best USB 2.0 hub to buy?

I need a USB 2.0 to be able to connect a printer, card reader, and an external drive to.
Two questions:
1) what is the best one to buy, or what features should it have?
2) does a USB 2.0 hub slow down the applications plugged into them (when plugged into the USB 2.0 port)?

Hi-
1-All you really need is a powered hub with the number of ports you require.
2- If multiple devices operate simultaneously through the hub, the transfer time will increase (performance decrease). This is because the devices all go into one port on the computer, which has a limited capacity. Data transfer, one device at at time, through the hub, will show no decrease in performance.
The following link lists a variety of good hubs, with various features:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/usb/hubs/
A Firewire hard drive would be more advantageous than a USB hard drive.
G4 AGP(450)Sawtooth   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   2ghzPPC,1.62gbSDRAM, ATI9800, DVR-110D,(IntHD)120&160,LaCie160,23"Cinema Display

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