[G4] Gifted with a G4/500

Eric Smith eric-s-smith at comcast.net
Mon Apr 28 09:45:26 PDT 2008


Christina Samuels wrote:
> I mentioned USB 2.0 because I thought it would allow the iPod to sync 
> faster.

Yes, much faster. There's a 40x difference in theoretical
speed, 12 Mb/s vs. 480 Mb/s, although actual speeds for
USB 2.0 probably top out at around 300 Mb/s. Still, it's
a big difference; you'll feel like you're growing old
waiting for 20GB to download at USB 1.1 speed. :)

Eric


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