USB is cheaper because Apple charges licensing fees for Firewire. So who ya callin' evil??
> usb2 sux so does usb1 use firewire :P > > Usb2 still has that stupid power issue so far as i can tell, where some > devices need more power then your hub can give you. Where Firewire doesnt do > that. Oh well usb's cheaper then firewire so i guess it doesnt matter evil > Intel :) > > > Bill Wheatley > Senior Database Developer > Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer > EDIETS.COM > 954.360.9022 X159 > ICQ 417645 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 12:47 PM > Subject: RE: large drive sizes and file waste > > > > BenD- > > > > you dropped a zero there, dude - off by an order of > > magnitude :-) > > > > from Intel: > > > > Universal Serial Bus, 2.0 > > The USB 2.0 specification defines a new High-speed > > transfer rate of 480 Mb/sec. That is a 40X increase from > > the 1.1 specification. > > > > -Ben > > > : From what I read (in a review), the USB 2 speed isn't bad, nor is the > > > : USB 1. (USB 2 will nicely downgrade to USB 1, so I can use it now and > > > : when I buy my next machine, I'll get USB2 then.) > > > > > > USB 1/1.1 only transfers at 12Mbit/s -- 1.5 MB/s. A 4 meg file would > take > > > about 2.6 seconds to transfer if the drive got /all/ the bandwidth. USB > 2 > > > is much quicker -- 48Mbit/s. Keep in mind that if anything else wants > > > bandwidth, it can inturrupt the stream. > > > > > > > > > > > > --Ben Doom > > > Programmer & General Lackey > > > Moonbow Software > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
