USB 1.x and 2.0 have a major disfunction that FireWire does not they are not peer to peer technologies, USB requires processor resources where as FW devices can talk directly to each other. USB is great for keyboards and printers but it is not the highend transfer technology that FW is nor will it stick around for long once Bluetooth based devices continue to expand.
Just my thoughts. David On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 11:19 AM, Phillip Burk wrote: > On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > >> 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. > > I know for a fact that there are some MP3 players that have USB2 > connections. One of my coworkers has one and loves it. I also suspect > that there are some file transfer utilities that take advantage of a > USB connection between two PCs. But peripherals? Sorry, never heard > of them using USB2. > > I personally cannot see many peripherals moving to USB2. Why not you > ask? Well, the only gain from USB2 as opposed to USB1.1 is bandwidth. > Since many devices have yet to saturate a USB1.1 bus (as Jeremy pointed > out) this issue is moot. > > I can't see how the lack of USB2 is hurting the Mac platform. Hell, if > you've got a PCCard or PCI slot, you could look into adding your own > port... (if OS X even supports it) > > Phil Burk -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
