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What is faster under real life circumstances (FireWire vs USB 1.0)
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Germany, 51°51´51" N, 9°05´41" E
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I have an older PB Titanium DVI 667 MHz and plan to purchase an external DVD burner. Since my machine only has the USB 1.0 and FireWire 400 ports i want to ask which kind of burner i should get: an USB or FiWi one?
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Macintosh Quadra 950, Centris 610, Powermac 6100, iBook dual USB, Powerbook 667 DVI, Powerbook 867 DVI, MacBook Pro early 2011
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Firewire is many times faster than USB 1.0.
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USB 1.0 is hard to find, too. The 1.1 update is far more prevalent, though it is likely to be less common as days go by and USB 2.0 support components get cheaper and cheaper.
The USB 1.1 standard calls for a max data transfer rate of 12Mbps (that's "megabits per second), while basic firewire maxes at 400Mbps. That's a LOT faster, right?
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Thanks for your advices 
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Macintosh Quadra 950, Centris 610, Powermac 6100, iBook dual USB, Powerbook 667 DVI, Powerbook 867 DVI, MacBook Pro early 2011
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Even 1x DVD exceeds the practical bandwidth of USB1 (espically with Apple's relatively poor implementation)... FW400 over USB1 any day.
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