on 27/5/09 8:32 AM, Ronda Brown at [email protected] wrote: > > On 27/05/2009, at 8:21 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > >> >> On 26/05/2009, at 6:16 PM, Chris Burton wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni and Sue >>> >>> Thanks for the reply and its good to be back in the mix. It was >>> kind of weird not having all the wamug emails daily and it only >>> twigged a short while ago!! >>> >>> re the usb drives, I was amazed to see such a large drive being usb >>> powered now. Im going to take my MB in tomorrow and just plug it in >>> and see if I can drag a couple of files across. Not bad value at >>> under $200 for 500gb!! >>> >>> thanks again >>> >>> regards >>> >>> chris >>> >> >> >> Just be aware that your enthusiasm may be curbed if you ever try to >> copy very large amounts of data at once (such as cloning your hard >> drive!). USB 2.0 tends to choke and slow to a crawl under such >> conditions. This is why a drive with a Firewire port, while more >> expensive, is a much better option. It is much better at sustaining >> a transfer rate. >> -- > > I certainly agree with Peter, I personally would not purchase a USB > External Drive for backup purposes or transferring large Video files. > Firewire is faster and more stable. >
Which makes it even more annoying that Apple is now pushing you more & more to USB: - Want to plug a drive to an airport extreme for network access - it has to be USB. - Macbooks no longer have firewire ports Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
