Kevin Ady wrote:
> on 4/30/02 4:04 PM, Kaufman, Charles at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Why don't the new iMac and eMac use USB 2 (instead of USB 1.1)? Is it just
> > pre-planned obsolesces? Or the desire to save $5 or $10?
>
> I agree that Apple should be shipping USB 2.0 ports. They don't because USB
> 2.0 competes with FireWire and as I understand it Apple controls the
> FireWire standard. USB 2.0 is actually a little faster than FireWire and
> fully backwards compatible with 1.1. Given that every machine I own has USB
> 1.1 ports I would much prefer buying a 2.0 device that would work, all be it
> slower, on my other machines, than a firewire device that can only be used
> on the iBook. Quite simply Apple wants to encourage the FireWire market,
> not it's competitor.
You *are* aware that there is a new revision of Firewire coming out soon that will
absolutely destroy USB 2 right?
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