[plug] Ext USB2 HD adapter vs Ext IEEE 1394

James Devenish devenish at guild.uwa.edu.au
Mon Feb 23 20:00:58 WST 2004


In message <4039E850.4000907 at jensz.id.au>
on Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 07:47:28PM +0800, Ben Jensz wrote:
> Technically speaking, USB2.0 should be faster than firewire.

Nominal rating for USB 2.0 might be higher than FireWire 400, but
what about real-work usage? Although FireWire 800 would be nominally
faster than USB 2.0, FireWire 400 may be significantly faster, too
(but, of course, these things can depend on more than just the bus).
After a brief Google: <http://www.barefeats.com/fire35.html>





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