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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1290245" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>There is nothing "rather old" about an '09 MBP. Computers aren't aging the way they were in the '90s. I just replaced an '06 model after spending 15 years buying a new one every year. </p><p></p><p>Your USB ports are all USB 2. I don't believe any computer has had USB 1 since sometime around 2002, maybe '03. What you're seeing in the System Profiler listed as USB 1 is probably the keyboard and/or trackpad - not your ports. When you see "USB High-Speed Bus", that's USB 2.</p><p></p><p>Both, FW800 and FW400 are going to provide almost doubt the real world speed when moving data than USB. Whether you need the speed or not is another question. If all you're doing is using the drives for backup, probably not. IF you're moving data back and forth, especially large amounts of it - 2 to 4 GB and more at a time, quite often, then FW is the only way to go, imho.</p><p></p><p>Whether to go with a portable or desktop depends on whether you require a portable or desktop. You need to answer that.</p><p></p><p>A WD is fine. For a single external drive, I really only look at the available connectors and the warranty and how easy is it to use the warranty if you need to. WD service in this respect has been excellent in my experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1290245, member: 24160"] There is nothing "rather old" about an '09 MBP. Computers aren't aging the way they were in the '90s. I just replaced an '06 model after spending 15 years buying a new one every year. Your USB ports are all USB 2. I don't believe any computer has had USB 1 since sometime around 2002, maybe '03. What you're seeing in the System Profiler listed as USB 1 is probably the keyboard and/or trackpad - not your ports. When you see "USB High-Speed Bus", that's USB 2. Both, FW800 and FW400 are going to provide almost doubt the real world speed when moving data than USB. Whether you need the speed or not is another question. If all you're doing is using the drives for backup, probably not. IF you're moving data back and forth, especially large amounts of it - 2 to 4 GB and more at a time, quite often, then FW is the only way to go, imho. Whether to go with a portable or desktop depends on whether you require a portable or desktop. You need to answer that. A WD is fine. For a single external drive, I really only look at the available connectors and the warranty and how easy is it to use the warranty if you need to. WD service in this respect has been excellent in my experience. [/QUOTE]
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