[G4] USB2 HD

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USB 1,  12 Mbps
USB 2, 480 Mbps
Firewire, 400 Mbps
Firewire 800, 800 Mbps

To use USB 2 of firewire 800 you will need to buy an add on PCI card.




Brian

G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM

On Oct 15, 2007, at 9:51 AM, O'Brien wrote:

>>> Can I use a USB2 external HD with an 800mHz Quicksilver / OSX.4.8?
>>
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:05:46 -0400, wilkinw wrote:
>> Sure, just doesn't run as USB 2 speeds.
>> On Oct 15, 2007, at 10:01 AM, O'Brien wrote:
>>
>
> OK...Thanks.
>
> About how slow is USB compared to USB2 or Firewire? (Just a rough  
> idea if this is possible to answer)
>
> I want to add an external HD just for backup of 200-300 Gigs. I  
> thought I might just get a USB HD because they're so much cheaper  
> than Firewire. I don't think the transfer speed is a big issue  
> because I'd be doing the backup while I'm not otherwise using the Mac.
>
> Does this seem reasonable?
>
>
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>
> O'Brien
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