Il giorno 3-01-2012 23:30, Kris Tilford ha scritto: > On Jan 3, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: > >> I tried several external USB2 HDs, and the trasnfer speed always >> seemed relatively slow (like 10MB/s at best). > > Sounds like you're connecting to a USB 1.1 port rather than a USB 2.0 > port? WHAT!?! I said 10MB/s. TEN MByte (B=Byte, b=bit). Do you know USB 1.1 is 12Mbit/s, i.e. around 5-600 KByte/sec in real world?
It seems to me you're talking without really knowing what you're talking about. > That being said, USB 2.0 can be flakey sometimes, BUT, this is almost > always because a certain USB 2.0 chipset has problems with OS X. I obtained the same (average) speed on several computers, Macs and PCs. The problem with USB, is not very much optimized because it relies on CPU as well, while FireWire drives have more "intelligence" on their own, so they manage faster speed without burdening the CPU (or so I read). If USB 2 and FW would run at the same speed, then why, WHY Apple would have developed and adopted FW??? > FW400 & FW800 should be virtually identical with the same single HD. Then why, WHY engineering and adopting FW800? I'm afraid you're misinformed. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
