Rob wrote:
Sadly if the CEO of Weibetech (a Firewire hard disk manufacturer) is correct
(see link and excerpt below), Apple may be deprecating it's commitment to
Firewire 800 and possibly heading in the direction of SATA bus technologies
for external as well as internal connections.
For this purpose I could actually see the benefits, and would have
to say Apple would be crazy to ignore it and rumours for next
upgrades of PB it is the bus technology of choice. I believe it is
already a design factor, just a HD to slot in the PB is problem. A
simple connector for external would not be an issue, and SATA can be
daisy-chained so only one connector is needed.
Firewire buses can have a tree topology with up to 64 devices
attached. You can do IP over Firewire. Firewire provides for
isochronous data transfer (ie guaranteed bit rates for use in
multimedia applications). It's used in everything from cars to NASA
space probes. It's also being touted as the technology for connecting
together all your home entertainment gear...
<http://www.1394ta.org/About/products/consumer_products.html#Set%20Top%20Boxes>
SATA is really only designed to be a replacement for PATA, and as
such is much more restricted.
Have fun,
Shay
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