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Can a USB 2.0 device be used on older Powerbook?
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bohdanz
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Jan 4, 2005, 08:57 PM
 
I'd like to get a Canon USB-powered scanner for a friend who has a three year old Powerbook, which doesn't have USB 2.0.

Is the Canon scanner backward compatible?

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Jan 4, 2005, 11:10 PM
 
USB is forwards- and backwards-compatible.

USB 1 devices work on USB 2 computers, and USB 2 devices work on USB 2 computers.

But of course, you only get the transmission speed of the slowest device.

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