On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Jeff Drummond wrote: > >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? ;)
I was shopping for a photo printer last month, and was interested to see that a few of the models were supporting USB 2, but that isn't a huge deal to me because the printers I'm using usually can't really deal with the data much faster than USB 1 speed anyway. > 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). Exactly. KeS -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
