On 4 March 2010 15:18, Stephen Price <[email protected]> wrote:
> We should see USB3 devices this year. 3.2Gbit/sec should make for awesome > hard drive speeds. Wikipedia has fair bit of info on it. > > > FireWire 3200 has a maximum capability of a 3.2Gbps transfer rate, which is 1.6Gbps slower than USB 3.0. However, it should also be noted that the P2P (peer to peer) architecture can usually deliver a higher percentage of the maximum rate than the master/slave architecture of USB can. http://www.techiesouls.com/2008/12/03/usb-30-vs-firewire-3200/ So USB3 is still going to have the same limitations that its predecessors have. USB 2 had a higher burst rate than firewire 400, but firewire 400 could handily outperform it in realworld tests. > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 11:56 AM, mike smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 4 March 2010 12:49, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My wife needs an external hard drive for backing-up and carrying around >>> her couple of hundred MB of work files. I’ve never owned an ext HDD or >>> looked at them, so before I drive down to the local MSY (parts >>> list<http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf>) >>> to get one, I’d like to check first if there are any recommendations or >>> traps to be aware of. Friends have ext HDDs with USB connections, but I >>> suppose they are outdated now as our new office desktop machines have SATA >>> plugholes on the back ... is that right? >>> >>> >>> >> USB has never been in vogue for hard-drives - firewire or esata. >> >> -- >> Meski >> >> "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, >> you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills >> > > -- Meski "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
