Reason being I already have some usb stuff, and no firewire stuff. As for firewire or usb 2.0, if I had to choose I’d choose usb 2.0.
Yea its faster then ide, but its no where near as good for your average user (or even your average “power” user). Too many conflicting standards, not nearly as compatable as it should be (although it does seem to finally be fixing that problem, ‘course its what a 12 year old standard?). Roll on USB2 or 1394 – doesnt matter which, just give us the speed that modern consumer devices need.Īm I the only person who thinks scsi is, was and always will be a joke? I’ve seen it mentioned a few times by supporters, but really it never was that good.
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With the bandwidth allowed by USB2 this PC would be an excellent machine, as it is its better suited to ocasional I/O intensive tasks, which is probably why ist was sold cheaply ( GB Pounds £500 in 3/00 ) and not bundled with scanners or printers. It only had one major problem – total I/O bandwidth was too low, and when using my HP8230 USB CDRW drive ( USB 1.1, 4x write, 24x read ) the mouse became highly erratic and typing input slowed down as the onboard USB hosts diverted all bandwidth to one port to keep the burner running.Īttempting to use Zip and CDRW, or scanner, at same time, caused ruined disks. had intel 810, cel 500, 64Mb, modem, internal graphics and 4 USB ports in a sealed designer case ( ext monitor, USB keybdand mouse )
Hardware that supports both standards seems an elegant and logical way to let the competing standards battle it out,įor my tuppence-worth – I bought a USB-only PC in 2000 – the century City 5000 from not defunct AST Computing. Some opportunistic manufacturer will make an integrated interface that supports both IEEE1394 and US, suitable for integration into devices, so they can use either standard to communicate with a PC ( But not with each other obviously )… I think external Hard Drive caddies using both FireWire and USB2 are already available.