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<blockquote data-quote="caribiner23" data-source="post: 276980" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>Then why do my USB 2.0 external enclosures consistently run at 1/2 to 1/3 the speed of my Firewire 400 enclosure? Both USB and Firewire enclosures have identical Western Digital drives inside, partitioned identically.</p><p></p><p>Also, I have <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/FWU2MSV2SW/" target="_blank">this enclosure</a> which has both USB and Firewire ports. Regardless of whether this is connected to a MacBook, iBook, or my PC, the USB side is consistently slower than the firewire side.</p><p></p><p>I wont argue with the concept of the speed limitations of hard drives. I do believe, however, there <em>is </em>an issue with the way USB handles resource contention differently than firewire.</p><p></p><p>My personal experience tells me that Firewire 400, in practice, is faster than USB 2.0.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="caribiner23, post: 276980, member: 9169"] Then why do my USB 2.0 external enclosures consistently run at 1/2 to 1/3 the speed of my Firewire 400 enclosure? Both USB and Firewire enclosures have identical Western Digital drives inside, partitioned identically. Also, I have [URL="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/FWU2MSV2SW/"]this enclosure[/URL] which has both USB and Firewire ports. Regardless of whether this is connected to a MacBook, iBook, or my PC, the USB side is consistently slower than the firewire side. I wont argue with the concept of the speed limitations of hard drives. I do believe, however, there [I]is [/I]an issue with the way USB handles resource contention differently than firewire. My personal experience tells me that Firewire 400, in practice, is faster than USB 2.0. [/QUOTE]
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