[X4U] USB 1.2 and 2.0

[Randy B. Singer]

On Nov 24, 2007, at 5:50 PM, Carol Weber Mckee wrote:

> I have USB 1.2   If I buy a USB 2.0 portable storage device, will  
> it work?
> I have a 700 MHz eMac running OSX 10.3.9.

It will work, but it will be slow.

What sort of "portable storage device" are we talking about?

If you are talking about a flash drive (also known as a pen drive) it  
will work fine, if you are patient.  I transfer files to and from my  
old G3 via flash drive all the time.  The speed is acceptable since  
the pen drive is only 1GB and I don't transfer huge files.

If you are talking about a portable hard drive, then what you want is  
one that connects via Firewire.

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Randy B. Singer
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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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