Hi Graham, Just found an argument in favour of FireWire drives, USB 2 ports can provided a maximum of 2.5W of power to a connected device at 5V, whereas FireWire ports can provide up to 60W at up to 30V.
This may be important when considering portable HDs. Regards, Paul Owen > From: Graham Street <[email protected]> > Organization: Streets Ahead > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:21:38 +0000 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [sussex_mug] Need some pocket/portable disk advice please > > I must admit that the WD ones look the most attractive for my needs, but > I'm reading (on various forums and Amazon) about lots of people having > troubles with the latest disks. They have recently changed the USB > connection to a new micro adaptor and it seems to be generating a lot of > complaints about it fitting badly and breaking the connection at the > slightest touch. The new G-Drive mobile disks (Hitachi) look > interesting, but since mentioning them I've discovered that they've only > just been released and no-one will have stocks for about a month. Their > other G-Drive disks do seem to be well reviewed though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
