Well, yes -- but at such slow speeds it's not really a good option.From: Allen Barnella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 11/21/03 1:30 AM -0500, Charles Martin wrote:
They are referring to USB 2.0, not 1.1. Nobody makes a USB 1.1 hard drive anymore.
Your iMac cannot use USB 2, so this is not an option for you.
Why? Isn't USB 2.0 backwardly compatible with 1.1?
We are both correct. She was answering from a technical point of view; I was answering from a practical point of view. :)Since, my Bondi Blue iMac only has OS 8.6 and USB 1.1, I was wondering if one of these drives would be usable with it.
Short answer: no.
Did you see Beverly Woods message? She said it would be. Which is the correct answer?
I guess it could work for that. I'm too impatient. :)I understand it would be slow, but in an emergency situation I'd be willing to wait. That's probably the only time I'd use it with the Bondi anyway.
Yes, there's some benefit -- you can sell the drive (or at least the case) to a PC user when you're done with it. :)
Having lived through Betamax/VHS and Apple/Wintel seeing Apple adding USB 2.0 to new Macs, I'm not so sure what the future holds for FireWire.
Firewire 400's future is probably limited to consumer video cameras and iPods, but Firewire 800 and beyond's future is looking very bright. As with most things from Intel, the reality of USB 2 isn't quite living up to the hype.
It's fast, but it doesn't actually pose any real threat to FW400 on several levels, and that's before you take into account FW 800, which is twice as fast.
Yeah, I know it's better/faster but that doesn't ensure it's dominance among the Wal-mart shopping/Wintel using masses.
True. But as high-definition video becomes the norm, I see FW800 and beyond becoming the mainstream -- whether the public likes it or not. It's really the only transport medium other than gigabit ethernet that can handle HDTV.
Maybe USB 2.0 will become dominant over FireWire 400, who can say.
Yes, I think that's likely true ... but that's probably where it will stay (apart from consumer vidcams and iPods, for obvious reasons).
_Chas_
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