Quoth Christian Leue (christian.leue at web.de) at 19/07/2005 02:22: > ps: my external disks have FW400 as well as USB2 interfaces. Since > the Mini has both too, I was wondering whether anybody here has done > speed comparisons. FW400 will almost certainly be faster. USB2 might win out if the hard drive is the only USB device on that bus - adding a second will just about halve the speed. FireWire is also a little less CPU intensive. Sean Terrill a10t2 at mac.com http://www.spiffypage.com