[G4] USB2 HD

[Frank Sudore]

Sorry to say USB 2 does not come close to 480 Mbps.
At least not on my machines. Firewire is much faster and reliable/
On Oct 15, 2007, at 10:07 PM, Michael Koch wrote:

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> On Oct 15, 2007, at 20:14, O'Brien wrote:
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>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:42:37 -0700, B G wrote:
>>> USB 1,  12 Mbps
>>> USB 2, 480 Mbps
>>> Firewire, 400 Mbps
>>> Firewire 800, 800 Mbps
>>
>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:31:26 -0400, Michael Koch wrote:
>>> you are better off getting a usb 2  card
>>> usb 1  is very slow
>>> I installed a usb 2 card  from "StarTech.com"
>>> is recognized by mac os
>>
>> Ah, thanks. I didn't even know there *was* such a thing. I'll take  
>> a look. I had no idea that there was such a drastic speed  
>> difference between USB and USB2.
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> This card is native with OS X.4 ( in a MDD 1.25Gh)
> no sleep problems; REALLY was plug and play
> got it from the HP site for $ 15.00
>>> installed a usb 2 card  from "StarTech.com"
>>> is recognized by mac os
>
> have a nice day
> Michael Koch
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Best Regards,

Frank Sudore
fsudore at mac.com
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