The machine in question -- a G3 iMac -- did not come with USB 2.0 ports.
Also, while David is correct -- on paper, the transfer rate of USB
2.0 is 480 Mb/sec vs. 400 Mb/sec for FireWire -- in most real-world
tests, FireWire hard drives outperform the equivalent USB 2.0 hard
drive (due to the superior chipset).
Not to mention that if you put multiple USB 2.0 devices on a hub,
they must all share the port's 480 Mb/sec bandwidth, whereas daisy-
chained FireWire devices don't have that problem.
- Darcy
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On 13 Jun 2006, at 3:03 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 13 Jun 2006 at 19:09, Eric Fiedler wrote:
As far as I know, you can't boot from a USB drive; it's too slow.
I don't know about the limitations of drive interfaces on the Mac,
but a USB 2.0 connection is *faster* in its bandwidth rating than
Firewire, and both are *much* faster than CD throughput.
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