While that is true, and USB has a higher peak speed (480mbps vs 400mbps for FireWire 400), FireWire sustains much higher speeds than USB 2.0, which varies, so it is better for video editing and other speed and large storage related tasks (like, I presume, Blu-Ray). I only buy FireWire hard drives even though I could probably get along fine without it, because I just prefer FireWire and I occasionally work with Final Cut. Although that is getting harder to do as even Apple is trying to move away from FireWire 400 and Macs are basically the only computers that use FireWire hard drives.
Steven On Sep 26, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Ashgrove wrote: > External USB DVD devices are cheaper and easier to get than Firewire > ones, too. Just my 2 cents. > > F -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
