[P1] iBook questions

[Joe Jones]

And IEEE 1394 is known by many names. Apple helped to draft the spec 
and dubbed it Firewire. Sony took it up and used it on their cameras 
some laptops and called it iLink (which sounds more like a Mac name - 
maybe it was a subtle nod to Apple). Some manufacturers  just write 
'1394' on the port.

I can't see the majority of consumer devices using Firewire any time 
soon. USB (1.1) is more than adequate for most data transfer for 
digital cameras, scanners and webcams.

Some negative scanners benefit from firewire since the amount of data 
they grab on each scan is huge, and obviously CD/DVD burners and hard 
drives benefit.

I think the two buses will coexist for some time yet.

Joe

On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 17:16 Europe/London, <gdadams1 at cox.net> 
wrote:

> IEEE 1394 is firewire. IEEE just stands for Institute of Electrical 
> and Electronics Engineers. :)
>
> gary
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>> From: TimeFreezeG3 at aol.com
>> Date: 2003/09/04 Thu PM 12:06:01 EDT
>> To: "iBook List" <ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: Re: [P1] iBook questions
>>
>> IEEE (firewire) is almost 100% nessacary these days....cameras, 
>> printers ,
>> scanners, ect.......most of the new and best stuff are IEEE It is 
>> definatley
>> woth it.\
>>
>> Collin
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