At 11:11 am -0600 2/1/03, Thomas Ethen wrote: >I was under the impression that the PowerBook Firewire ports were limited on >speed, compared to the desktop Mac's, so you couldn't really take advantage >of the full potential of an external Firewire drive.
It does make a difference - I'm running Avid Xpress DV v 3.5.3 on a Powerbook 800 (768 MB RAM). The system responds better with media on my external drive (new La Cie 120GB) than on a dedicated partition on the slow internal drive (4,200rpm?). -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
