Have you tested external Air Superdrive with Powerbook via a USB hub?

Have you tried plugging the Air Superdrive into their Powerbook via a powered USB hub? It seems the testing I've read with non-Air Macs has been just direct into the USB ports instead of via a powered hub. Can't a high-powered USB hub make up for the difference in power necessary to sufficiently drive the Superdrive? Does anyone know how the output of the Air's USB 2.0 port compares with that in a Powerbook G4?
Thanks

It has been reported outside these Apple forums that merely supplying more power to the MBA SuperDrive (in any of several ways) doesn't make it work with other machines. I've seen one website describing a hardware modification inside the SuperDrive's case (invalidating the warranty, of course) that was successful in enabling other machines to recognize and use it. It wouldn't be within the Terms of Use for these Discussions to say any more than that here; even saying that much may be going too far.

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