[P1] My Xmas stupid question

[Scott Warren]

The hard drive will be slower to access so the idea would be not to  
play the songs from the external hard drive while trying to access  
anything else.  There is a huge speed difference between 2.0 and 1.x  
USB:
   480 Mbits/s—USB 2.0
     12 Mbits/s—USB 1.1

12 mbits is still quick enough for mp3 play and some streaming video  
clips.

The other thing to watch out for will be if you get an external drive,  
it will need power.  Most of the bus powered drives work in 2.0 mode,  
some won't work well in 1.x.

HERE IS A COOL OTHER OPTION:
There is one now that uses a 10/100 Ethernet connection in addition to  
USB.  This means with a home network hub (so all computers can share  
this device) and standard network cables (or just a cross over cable),  
you have a 160gb storage solution with a 10/100 interface.  While I  
have no experience with this exact drive, here is an example of what I  
mean:
		http://www.outpost.com/product/3767416/
		http://www.compusa.com/products/ 
product_info.asp?&ref=cj&pfp=cj&product_code=305318



On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 03:08  PM, Kirk McElhearn wrote:

> On 12/8/03 22:07, "John Paul Moore" <johnpaulmoore at austin.rr.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks very much for the very fast responses. No, her clamshell has no
>> firewire and taking the ibook away from her long enough to send it out
>> for an internal hd replacement is out of the question, I'm afraid. But
>> if usb2 will work, only slower, does that mean it would be too slow to
>> access, say, mp3 tunes to be stored on the usb drive and be able to
>> play them through the itunes on her clambook? Sorry, I told you this
>> was a stupid question, should have mentioned I'm not all that smart
>> myself. Thanks again, Daddy Santa
>
> I don't think it would be too slow, but maybe someone else with a USB  
> drive
> can reply. Part of the answer depends on the bit rate (compression)  
> used for
> the MP3 files. If it's low, there's a better chance that it will be
> sufficient.
>
>
> Kirk
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