[l008com]

Does anyone else thing the way Apple is naming firewire is kidna dumb? Sure its nice to know what the speed of a particular interface is without asking, but people will have to know that 400 was the original, to remember that 800 is "the second edition" and 1600 is the third. I think it just leads to more confusion. And though I think USB 2 sucks I think they did two things really really right, call the new one "USB 2" and make it backwards compatible, same plug. Apple is going to have alot of connectors on future Macs. 3 different firewire ports? Or just one original and one or two of whatever is the latest?

[MaxPower2k3]

just divide the number by 400 and you get the 'edition' of it...

Firewire 400/400 = FireWire 1
Firewire 800/400 = FireWire 2
FireWire 1600/400 = FireWire 4... er... oh well


really, though, i don't think it's that hard to remember. (easier than remembering IEEE 1394a, -b, -c, etc.) And, while more ports is more confusing, having 2 different generations of firewire ports on the computer is no different than having firewire and USB ports (just because they're of the same kin doesn't make it any more confusing).

Also, USB 2's backwards compatibility has its problems. As far as i know, any USB 1 device on the bus will slow every device down to that speed. So, unless each USB port is on a separate bus (which may be more common than i thought, i don't know), it's not very practical.