I'm looking into capturing and working on a macbook pro, which is a popular option for some artists with only 1 kinect or a couple PSX cameras. I'd like to use 6 PS cameras, as well as 2 ps controllers for wrist.

The macbook pro only has 1 usb controller, and I want to know if you have experienced any problems using the thunderbolt port, such as a tool like this- http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/HELIOSTB1/

which will have a 2-port USB3.0 card installed, with a usb2.0 hub attached. Exactly how much usb bandwidth is needed for full 60 fps capture, via 6 cameras?

In the support documentation it sounds like I'd only be able to add 2 cameras this way.

So what if I had 2 thunderbolt ports- connected 2 cameras to each hub- then plugged 2 into the main 2 usb ports on the macbook pro?

Also, wouldn't the 10gb/s thunderbolt bandwidth allow me to use only 1 port with 2x usb hubs?

You can daisy-chain 7 thunderbolt devices.

I suppose what my question boils down to is the bandwidth limitation and reason why we can only use 2 psEyes per usb controller? and if the thunderbolt ports speed is irrelevant and it comes down to the physical USB hub device.

oh no, there's no windows drivers for ANY of the thunderbolt attachments, save the lacie hdd.