[X4U] FireWire vs. USB 2.0

Alex lists at lexial.ca
Thu May 26 05:03:57 PDT 2005


On May 26, 2005, at 06:38, DZ-Jay wrote:

> Which is faster/more reliable/better, FireWire or USB 2.0.

Although USB 2 is theoretically faster than IEEE 1394a (Firewire 400), 
in practice the latter does better at sustained data throughput, 
because its architecture is better suited to this kind of job. For hard 
disks, FW is virtually always a better choice.

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