On Apr 21, 2005, at 11:00 AM, John Erdman wrote: > I see that some boxes have USB, some FW and still others have > both. Isn't FW 400 still faster than USB 2.0. > Yes, noticeably. > Why would I ever need an external drive with both types of > connection rather than just FW? > Flexibility, especially for people who need to move a drive between machines. Phil