[X-Newbies] Re: USB 1.2 and 2

[Charles Martin]

> From: yoyo <caraloca at gmail.com>
>
> Yes but at the speed of the usb.2.0.
> to run it at better speed you should buy a usb 2.0 pci card then your
> portable will run fast.

With respect, this is bad advice.

First off, Carol's USB2 device will NOT run at USB2 speed on her emac.

The correct answer was "it will run, but at the dramatically slower  
USB1 speed."

Secondly, there is no place in an eMac (which is a self-contained  
unit) for any PCI cards, so she cannot retrofit USB2 onto her eMac in  
any way, shape or form.

Carol didn't specify exactly what sort of "portable storage device"  
she was going to use, but I would say that if she means a hard drive,  
the slower USB1 speed *might* be acceptable, but it would be a much  
better idea to spend a few extra bucks and get a Firewire drive  
instead. it will operate at full speed on her machine.

If she means a "flash drive" or something similar, I'm not sure the  
difference in speed will be that much of an issue and that she can  
proceed with her plan.

Cheers
Chas