Well I thought it would be an easy choice but this makes me think again!
On 7/11/07 1:21 PM, "Jonathan Fletcher" <jfletch at newmediaconstco.com> wrote: > On Jul 11, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Jerry Freeman <x12 at insightbb.com> wrote: > >> as i understand it, third party device manufacturers are tired of >> paying an alleged 28? per port license fee to apple. usb with higher >> speed than usb2 is being developed with rumored implementation in >> 2008. ie devices that are currently firewire, may not be in the >> future, say your epson printer. epson could save millions in license >> fees. best...jf >> >> On Jul 10, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Greg Schoettmer wrote: >> >>> Rumors of firewire going away? Huh? >>> >>> Greg > > > It's a quarter and it doesn't go to Apple. It goes to the IEEE > licensing authority, an independent entity. There was serious > gnashing of teeth when Apple wanted to charge a DOLLAR! > > Oh! Did you mean 28 CENTS? > > AFAIK, even FireWire 400 still has greater throughput than USB 2. And > it doesn't tax your main processor near as much to get there. USB > devices REQUIRE a computer to communicate with each other. Firewire > devices can communicate directly, which is why you can offload your > movies to a portable hard drive on some models. When considering > FireWire 800, there isn't even a HINT of competition from any vector > (well, maybe Serial ATA, but that's not as portable), as the speed is > unapproached. > > The hardware to perform this feat is more expensive, though, and not > as ubiquitous, and that is probably the REAL reason that FireWire is > slipping in popularity as our cheaper and cheaper purchase price > consumer mentality rules all. It's got to be cheaper to buy above > all, total cost of ownership or actual utility is given a distant > also-ran priority. > > Hey, why do you think people still buy Windows PCs and ink-jet printers? > > j. > > PS. BTW Apple's reason to eliminate it from iPods was to make them > more compatible with all those OTHER computers that do not come with > FireWire built in. > > PPS. Wikipedia entry: > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire> > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jfletch at newmediaconstco.com > Project Foreman > NewMedia Construction Co. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be July 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
