On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Jonas Ulrich<[email protected]> wrote: > USB sucks on mac. Firewire is definately the way to go.
While I wouldn't completely agree that USB 2.0 sucks compared to Firewire, I have no problem asserting that USB 2.0 is definitely a lot less special than Firewire is when it comes to throughput for an external drive. I have found this to be true regardless of the platform. Firewire is (slightly but definitely) better than USB 2.0 on both a Mac and a PC. (At least in my experience). That said, I saw my first USB 3.0 article today. Dang! And I was just beginning to reconcile myself to a world dominated by USB 2.0 and eSATA ... -irrationa john --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
