Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!newsfeed.rim.or.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!spool01.syd.optusnet.com.au!spool.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3EF044EF.7080601@yahoo.com.au> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:54:39 +1000 From: Stephen Smith User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras,alt.graphics.photoshop,alt.photography,comp.periphs.printers,fj.comp.dev.digital-camera,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.equipment.35mm,rec.photo.marketplace.35mm Subject: Re: USB2 with todays Compac flash cards References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.49.167.37 X-Trace: 1055933679 5973 210.49.167.37 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:231 Eyron wrote: > Is there a reason to go to USB2 with todays Compac flash cards? > The fastest cards I think top out at 4mb/s??? > Nowhere near the USB2,s nominal rate and about the same rate as USB1.1. > > Whats the point? > > Eyron One reason to go for a USB2 device for people that already have USB2 is that using any USB1.1 device on a USB hub will drag other devices on the hub down to USB1.1 speeds. So even if the transfer rate is not going to be greater, USB2 device may be the go.