 Technically Speaking: Usb Or Firewire?, What's better choice? |
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 Nov 10 2004, 06:58 PM
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Premium Member  Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 3-November 04 From: Croatia Member No.: 2,103  |
According to my experience, USB 2.0 and Firewire had basicly same speed while transfering files.. but is it really near the same? If you have some experience, help me out to choose which is better? And which of this two technology's will survive on the market?
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Nov 10 2004, 07:19 PM
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Sinthetik kreatoR Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 31-August 04 From: CA, USA Member No.: 968 |
I prefer USB just because it is also so compatible with everything.
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Nov 11 2004, 12:57 AM
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Neurotical Squirrel Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 590 Joined: 4-November 04 From: Novi Sad, Vojvodina Member No.: 2,127 |
My vote also goes for USB... And the fact that I don't have frewire has nothing to do with it
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Nov 11 2004, 01:30 AM
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POWERED BY LINUX! Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 11-July 04 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 78 |
Although USB 2.0 is compatible with almost everything, Firewire is still 10X faster than USB. You may even not notice it, but the data it sends is clearer than USB (per second). Especially when you look at digital camera.
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Nov 11 2004, 06:06 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 11-November 04 Member No.: 2,231 |
Firewire is best...at least if you work with notebooks and audio...firewire is the choice. Low Latency in a transportable PC...my dream to have one of those.
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Nov 11 2004, 01:13 PM
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POWERED BY LINUX! Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 11-July 04 From: Toronto, Canada Member No.: 78 |
buy a Macintosh then
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Nov 11 2004, 04:06 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 11-November 04 Member No.: 2,240 |
USB as well unfortunately, Firewire doesn't seem to have taken off enough to justify buying one of it's devices. It's also nice just to plug in my camera/mp3 player/scanner and have it detected by XP without screwing around.
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Nov 11 2004, 05:26 PM
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CampusJunk Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 9-November 04 Member No.: 2,200 |
I think usb is sweet for everything but digital video and mass file transfers.. usb was sposed to be way faster than firewire... but its not.
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Dec 5 2004, 11:11 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 5-December 04 From: Canada Member No.: 2,567 |
USB2.0 has nothing on firewire, altho it was SUPPOSED to beable to transfer at up to 480Mbits/s it well, just doesnt ever hit its peak allowing firewire to completely own it. Altho yes the aptley named USB (universal serial bus) is the universal standard for hardware but most DV cams like to use firewire because it allows for faster transfer and less compression. [Post #18/50]
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