[X4U] FireWire vs. USB 2.0

Randy B.Singer randy at macattorney.com
Thu May 26 17:59:41 PDT 2005


Randy B.Singer said:

>Things don't slow down on a USB 2.0 bus just because you add a USB 1.1 
>device to the chain.  They only slow down if you use a USB 1.1 hub 
>somewhere in the chain, and then only for the things attached downstream 
>of the USB 1.1 hub.


Sorry, I forgot to include citations:

http://www.everythingusb.com/usb2/faq.htm
http://www.mackido.com/Hardware/USB2.html





Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

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