On 13 Jun 2006 at 15:10, Darcy James Argue wrote: > 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.
All true, but the point is that speed of the USB connection is not a reason for prohibiting USB bootability. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
