On Thursday, January 09, 2003, at 11:31AM, Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The statement that "most devices that have USB 2 also have Firewire" is >just wrong. Maybe y'all are looking at external drives or some other >specific segment. Card readers, scanners, speakers, phones, PDAs, there's >zillions of devices out there that need > USB 1 speed and are coming out >in USB2. name some. name a phone that's USB2 (hint: they're going to BlueTooth, not USB2). Name a PDA that is USB2. Name some USB2 speakers. USB audio doesn't anywhere NEAR saturate a USB 1.1 bus, so bumping speakers to USB2 would be pointless. name a USB2 card reader. name a camera. I've asked for this information previously in this thread, but you either can't come up with it, or can't be bothered. A quick search of Google and PriceLine renders.......nothing. >Again, this is shaking down across political lines. Apple promotes >Firewire, and downplays USB (Not Invented Here). The PC market has >preferred USB in the past, though my latest couple of PCs have come with >both Firewire and USB (2). USB2 has become a standard in PC computers. It has yet to really come to play in actual peripherals. Like I said.... start naming some. About the only decent USB2-only device I've seen would be some of Iomega's newer drives. Even their hard drives have interchangeable dongles so you can use them with FireWire -or- USB2. Name some. name some REAL stuff, that's actually shipping right now. Not "coming soon", not vaporware. It's not a flaw.... if there's nothing out there to use it with. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
