On Sep 26, 2:19 pm, Steven <macintosh.awes...@gmail.com> wrote: > While that is true, and USB has a higher peak speed (480mbps vs 400mbps for > FireWire 400), FireWire sustains much higher speeds than USB 2.0, which > varies, so it is better for video editing and other speed and large storage > related tasks (like, I presume, Blu-Ray). I only buy FireWire hard drives > even though I could probably get along fine without it, because I just prefer > FireWire and I occasionally work with Final Cut. Although that is getting > harder to do as even Apple is trying to move away from FireWire 400 and Macs > are basically the only computers that use FireWire hard drives.
Well, that was a very specific piece of advice. I personally favor Firewire for all the abovementioned reasons, and when the first generation metal Macbook came out I went for an older white MB instead because no FW transfer speeds and no target disk mode was a dealbreaker for me. (FW800 rocks, by the way.) However, for a regular DVD player or DVD writer, USB 2.0 is simply good enough. F -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
