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#26 2007-09-19 9:25 pm
- ActionAttackJohn
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Re: USB 3.0
ScifiterX wrote:
ActionAttackJohn wrote:
Heh. Apple JUST put USB 2.0 ports on their keyboard.
Meaning they are two steps beyond most other wired keyboard makers (no ports what-so-ever).
To the best of my knowledge, the Apple Pro keyboard was only USB 1.1 until the recent revision, and this includes the wired one.
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#27 2007-09-19 9:38 pm
Re: USB 3.0
I thought FW had a "sustained" transfer rate, whereas USB had a "burst" transfer rate - making FW the better choice for moving data (such as video capture.) I'm not a techie, but I thought I read that somewhere.
I really like the feel of FW - if that's even possible:) - it just seems to be the more "professional" due to the higher end peripherals it services - at least in my feeble mind.
I added a USB drive to my mini and I don't like the way it has to "come to life" when I need it. If I try to record a track in GB to the USB drive, I have to double click the drive to wake it up before I press record. My FW drive just starts recording without missing a beat. I wonder if it's a power mgmt issue?
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#28 2007-09-19 9:49 pm
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Re: USB 3.0
jetson wrote:
I thought FW had a "sustained" transfer rate, whereas USB had a "burst" transfer rate - making FW the better choice for moving data (such as video capture.) I'm not a techie, but I thought I read that somewhere.
I really like the feel of FW - if that's even possible:) - it just seems to be the more "professional" due to the higher end peripherals it services - at least in my feeble mind.
I added a USB drive to my mini and I don't like the way it has to "come to life" when I need it. If I try to record a track in GB to the USB drive, I have to double click the drive to wake it up before I press record. My FW drive just starts recording without missing a beat. I wonder if it's a power mgmt issue?
It's the drive itself. Western Digital "MyBook" drives like to spin down, regardless of the means used to connect it. It's incredibly annoying.
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#29 2007-09-19 11:15 pm
Re: USB 3.0
ActionAttackJohn wrote:
ScifiterX wrote:
ActionAttackJohn wrote:
Heh. Apple JUST put USB 2.0 ports on their keyboard.
Meaning they are two steps beyond most other wired keyboard makers (no ports what-so-ever).
To the best of my knowledge, the Apple Pro keyboard was only USB 1.1 until the recent revision, and this includes the wired one.
And I was saying that recent upgrade puts two steps ahead of the most other keyboard makers instead of the one they were. You just missed the distinction.
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#30 2007-09-20 1:45 am
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Re: USB 3.0
You can set your computer preferences so drives do not spin down, although some enclosures may override that.
Oh and Firewire is way better then USB2; and so long as pro video manufacturers are using FW400 and FW800, then Apple will have them on the computers.
But screw all that, I am really looking forward to Sony and Sandiscs new PCIe ExpressCard34 memory cards. May make Panasonic's P2 card obsolete.
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#31 2007-09-20 5:48 am
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Re: USB 3.0
I dunno guys, all of the benchmark tests I have seen have shown USB2 to be pretty equal with FW400. Apple's implementation of USB usually comes up somewhat slower than PCs tho so maybe that's the rub.
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#32 2007-09-20 7:26 am
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Re: USB 3.0
What? I was so hoping that eSATA would become the gold standard. Man, I never get anything I want.
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#33 2007-09-20 2:32 pm
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Re: USB 3.0
SpacemanSpiff wrote:
What? I was so hoping that eSATA would become the gold standard. Man, I never get anything I want.
Yeah, an eSATA anything other than a drive (CD/dvd/hd) ... that will be the day.
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