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Firewire or USB2.0

post #1 of 7
5/2/03 at 10:49pm
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when my laptop comes i was thinking if 60GB isnt enuf then what should i go with i saw 7200 firewire and usb2.0 harddrives but im not sure on what one to get if any??

mainly for future refernce

thanks
-chris
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post #2 of 7
5/3/03 at 12:32am
search this site... a lot of info is already on this site about the +/- of firewire and USB 2.0.

maybe someone else would like to go over the info? As a recap?
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post #3 of 7
5/3/03 at 2:51pm

usb2.0 or firewire

basically rigth now:

USB2.0: it can trasfer up to 480 Mbps
FireWiere: it can trasfer up to 400Mbps

but the technology and the standard say Firewiere soon will fire out FIREWIRE at 800Mbps

So, i would buy a hd with both connections and see by myself which one run faster?? and wht depends of the speed (larger files vs. smaller)???
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post #4 of 7
5/3/03 at 3:43pm
I like USB. It is more widely used less of an overall hassle.
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post #5 of 7
5/4/03 at 12:42pm
I too went with a usb external. It works great and is very fast.
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post #6 of 7
5/12/03 at 4:08pm
i dont know about the usb2.0 but i know that firewire runs without having to have any drivers at all. you just plug your firewire component in and play. i have a firewire camcorder and a dvd burner. a good company that is decent price that ive had reel good luck with for firewire components is

caloptics.com

they also have usb2.0 and all that stuff
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post #7 of 7
5/12/03 at 4:42pm
Its caloptic.com and NOT caloptics.com

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