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USB 2.0 Vs FW 400 Vs FW 800
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 489079" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>I have a GTech G-Drive, FW-400. Per the above posters, in real world work, it far exceeds the transfer rates of my USB2.0 hard drive. Now the G-Drive is newer, and that may be a factor, but still, the FW-400 interface screams along beautifully.</p><p></p><p>I use PathFinder as a "heavy duty" file manager and its file transfer dialog shows the real time transfer rate as it writes to the drive. On large files, where my Mac is just pouring data onto the drives (big MP3s, movies and the like) the interface runs as up to 33 MB/s, or approximately 330 Mbps. By comparison, my USB2.0 drive runs in the 10-15 MB/s range. </p><p></p><p>I realize that theoretically, FW-400 should go a bit faster, but this is the real world, not the theoretical world, and at the above rates, I can back up my full 50 GB or so of personal data (iTunes, movies, extensive digital photo collection) in about half an hour. It is excellent, and because it is so fast, I do it more often. If it was slower and more of a problem, I would do it less.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend FW-400. FW-800, if not a huge premium, is a nice add, but I read that in real world tests, it isn't THAT much faster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 489079, member: 17052"] I have a GTech G-Drive, FW-400. Per the above posters, in real world work, it far exceeds the transfer rates of my USB2.0 hard drive. Now the G-Drive is newer, and that may be a factor, but still, the FW-400 interface screams along beautifully. I use PathFinder as a "heavy duty" file manager and its file transfer dialog shows the real time transfer rate as it writes to the drive. On large files, where my Mac is just pouring data onto the drives (big MP3s, movies and the like) the interface runs as up to 33 MB/s, or approximately 330 Mbps. By comparison, my USB2.0 drive runs in the 10-15 MB/s range. I realize that theoretically, FW-400 should go a bit faster, but this is the real world, not the theoretical world, and at the above rates, I can back up my full 50 GB or so of personal data (iTunes, movies, extensive digital photo collection) in about half an hour. It is excellent, and because it is so fast, I do it more often. If it was slower and more of a problem, I would do it less. I would recommend FW-400. FW-800, if not a huge premium, is a nice add, but I read that in real world tests, it isn't THAT much faster. [/QUOTE]
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