on 1/31/03 11:43 PM, E McCann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 06:36 PM 1/31/2003, Mike typed thusly:
>
>> I agree with your comments. Firewire was Apple's replacement for
>> SCSI. My point is that Apple isn't supporting USB, other than their
>> original support of USB 1.1, but they aren't giving Mac owners any
>> real alternatives either if they want new devices for their
>> computers.
>
> Just how many USB 2.x components *are* there out there, though? PCs don't
> come with 2.0 (not very often at least) either...
>
> 1.x is (probably) cheaper (I can't imagine by much, though) and supported
> pretty much universally. Firewire's getting to where it's pretty well
> established for external storage and things like digital camcorders. 2.x
> is... well, somewhere in between. Sort of like an ultrafast iBook or slow
> TiBook... or The Cube...
>
>
> On the other hand if Apple had really pushed firewire and marketed it
>> as the same type of "do it all" standard and devices were available
>> then their lack of USB support would be more understandable. They
>
> Who would they market to, though? I mean, if you know what you're looking
> for, you're probably familiar with Firewire already. Most "home computer"
> users (thinking mom-and-pop) couldn't tell a USB from a PCI from ADB, much
> less "fired wires" or "Wiredfire" or however else they'd mangle the name. <g>
>
> Right now, USB (1.x) and Firewire are reasonably easy to explain to people.
> Use USB for "everyday" stuff, and Firewire for things that need a lot more
> speed like (again) video cameras and CD/DVD burners. Throw USB 2.0 in
> there and most folks will not only be confused by *that* but by trying to
> figure out which USB "level" their device is.
Intel chipsets for the P4 chip have USB 2.0 built-in, as well as later
chipsets from VIA for the P4 and Athlon/Duron. I'm not sure about SiS - the
PC I have has a SiS chipset on the motherboard, but only supports USB 1.1.
It supports 6 USB ports though.
Brian Futrell
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