The problem with USB - any variety - for video isn't speed, it's the data flow protocol, which apparently doesn't lend itself to sustained data movement. (Maybe 3.0 changes this, I don't know, but I'm skeptical after seeing the performance of 2.0). I think both USB and firewire suck, but they're standards for now. Every external drive solution since SCSI has promised reliability and performance, and none have delivered it (eSATA does deliver performance, at least). The white macbook is still there. It's $999. It has firewire 400. If you don't work with After Effects or Motion or used many GPU-dependent effects it remains an absolute steal.
_______________________________________________________ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
