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External Drives Fire wire vs USB 2.0
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<blockquote data-quote="True Bassist" data-source="post: 863442" data-attributes="member: 72241"><p>^ That's correct. Theoretically USB 2.0 is faster than firewire 400 but will never really sustain a constant speed which is why when you want to transfer video to your computer, you use firewire to keep this constant data stream therefore giving you constant quality. Firewire 800 (as the name implies) is x2 faster than firewire 400 but unless your device has an 800 port, the speed is limited to 400Mbs.</p><p></p><p>USB 2.0 is absolutely fine for music etc. on external drives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="True Bassist, post: 863442, member: 72241"] ^ That's correct. Theoretically USB 2.0 is faster than firewire 400 but will never really sustain a constant speed which is why when you want to transfer video to your computer, you use firewire to keep this constant data stream therefore giving you constant quality. Firewire 800 (as the name implies) is x2 faster than firewire 400 but unless your device has an 800 port, the speed is limited to 400Mbs. USB 2.0 is absolutely fine for music etc. on external drives. [/QUOTE]
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