Slow recognition of USB 128 jumpdisk

my 9th Mac is a powerbook G4 alu, and it seems to take at least twice the time to find USB devices, especially the jumpdisk I use, than the Dell thing I got at work. Anyone an idea what can cause this?

Jan,
Welcome to the Apple Discussion forums.
Others have cited that PB's take awhile to recognize USB devices.

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