Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 11:58 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote:
>
>> I also really wish they'd included USB 2.0. To be the best "digital
>> hub", you need to drop the politics sometimes and get with what the
>> rest of the world is doing.
>
>except that the rest of the world isn't doing USB 2. and those devices
>that ARE USB 2, almost all still have FireWire ports on them. A recent
>visit to Fry's proved this.... of all their decent USB 2 devices, every
>one of them had FireWire too.
How many of these devices were printers? ;)
And while there are some peripherals with dual FireWire/USB 2.0 interfaces,
I don't think that will last forever. All new PCs are shipping with USB
2.0 built in (and almost none come with FireWire (or 1394 as they call it).
If/when competition heats up in the peripheral market and manufacturers
look to cut costs by dropping an interface, which one are they likely to
drop?
I really don't want to get into a FireWire vs. USB war, but I just think
that as long as Apple is going to put USB ports on their computers that
they should use the best USB that's readily available, and that's the
current USB 2.0 spec (instead of the now-ancient--in computer years ;)--
USB 1.1).
Of course, I felt that way about their SCSI ports too. :)
-Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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