Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news.moat.net!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator2-maxim!news-in-maxim.spamkiller.net!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!news.starcat.ne.jp!not-for-mail From: "Tesselator" Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras,fj.comp.dev.digital-camera,rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.equipment.35mm Subject: Re: USB2 faster than Firewire Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 06:49:04 +0900 Organization: STARCAT InterNetNews site Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: b194019.usr.starcat.ne.jp X-Trace: catv02.starcat.ne.jp 1056145888 21485 61.213.194.19 (20 Jun 2003 21:51:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: admin@starcat.ne.jp NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Jun 2003 21:51:28 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.comp.dev.digital-camera:277 "David Eppstein" wrote in message news:eppstein-D4151D.13161520062003@news.service.uci.edu... > In article , > Bruce Murphy wrote: > > > USB is, and will always be, a poorly implemented, poorly designed, > > cheap and nasty technology. > > You left out poorly marketed. In case you weren't already confused > enough about USB 1.1 vs USB 2, now the USB people are redefining the > specs so that both can be called USB 2 -- see > . One of the two > USB 2's is full speed, the other is high speed. I'll leave you to > guess which one you have to ask for if you want firewire-like speed, or > what fraction of consumers will guess wrong and be left with the > impression that USB 2 is still slow. I don't think either of the two are fast enough for hard disk i/o ! For me something like Fibre Channel (HotSwap) with >20gig/sec capasity, is the the minimun "portable storage" interface spec. I want my 50MB/sec (_sustained_ throughput) guaranteed! I personally would never consider hooking up an HD to a firewire or USB2 unless it was a laptop or something. Kid-stuff. ( :-D > -- > David Eppstein http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/ > Univ. of California, Irvine, School of Information & Computer Science Hey, My old school! Awesome! Frisbee-Golf anyone? O :-)