[P1] My Xmas stupid question

[B G]

USB 2 is backwards compatible with all USB 1 systems,
just slower.



--- John Paul Moore <johnpaulmoore at austin.rr.com>
wrote:
> 
> I know this group is at least as smart as the clerk
> at the OfficeMax, 
> so I need ask you to confirm or debunk what he told
> me.
> 
> My daughter has filled up her ibook with mp3s, has
> asked for a digital 
> camera for Xmas, and clearly needs more storage. I
> thought it would be 
> simple enough to find an external usb hard drive for
> her clamshell, but 
> all the ones available are usb 2 and the kid as
> OfficeMax says a usb 2 
> device will not work with her ibook's usb 1 port
> (and Mac OS 9.2). Is 
> this true? And if it is, has anyone got suggestions
> for external hard 
> drive capacity for clamshells?  She is burning off
> some of her songs 
> onto cds, but she wants all that music available in
> her itunes and 
> without more storage will have no place to put her
> new digital photos.
> 
> TIA for your help. Daddy Santa
> 
> 
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Brian 
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