[X4U] FireWire vs. USB 2.0

[DZ-Jay]

Alex wrote:
> 
> 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.

Thank you, Alex and Peter Krug, for your very insightful answers.  In 
the spirit of hands-on learning (and tinkering with stuff :), I'll try 
the experiment suggested by Peter and post back my results.

	dZ.