You could do that, but I would avoid it. Not that it won't work, but USB has a very slow transfer rate of 1.5 MB per second. FireWire can do up to 50 MB per second. Actual rates will be slower, but FireWire will still be far better.
As a comparison, ethernet will go 1.25 MB per second for 10 base T and 12.5 MB per second for 10/100 (the type on most Macs since about three years ago). There is gigabit ethernet, but that's only on a few Macs (PowerMacs from July 2000 or later and PowerBooks from late 2001 or later), and you can only benefit if both the computers have it. Actually, the easiest way would probably be to use an external FireWire hard drive, but if you don't have one it's probably not worth getting one solely for this purpose. > Hi, there is yet another way to do it, yesterday I was at CompUSA and > they have a USB cable that has a chip on it and its billed as "being > the easiest way to transfer info between two computers" > No experience with it, just passing the info. > > > -- > Hector I Macedo > "Lord of the Flies" > Dallas, TX. 75248 -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
