"Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@attbi.com> writes:

> "Howard McCollister" <hmac@emily.net> wrote in message
> news:3eedb176$0$87200$45beb828@newscene.com...
> > Theoretical numbers notwithstanding, USB 2.0 is actually quite a bit
> slower
> > than Firewire 400. Look at http://tinyurl.com/ef28 for some testing on
> that.
> >
> > Firewire 800 is now standard on Macs (at least some of them) and Firewire
> > 800 PCI host controllers are available for PC and Macs for $89 or less.
> 
> I should think Firewire would be standard on Macs since they developed it,
> the biggest problem tho is Apple is charging a higher royalty for Firewire
> than Intel charges for USB which is why these days you see more USB.

And not becuase the PC industry inevitably picks the crappy product
because it's a few cents cheaper?

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