A Nonny Moose Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 There is a new Firewire spec that will offer 3.2 GIGABITS per second of data transfer. Time to wave goodbye to those slow as molasses USB peripherals...again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVENGE Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 USB's emergence as a wireless standard still makes it more useful than Firewire in many regards. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-541844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dainas Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 There is a new Firewire spec that will offer 3.2 GIGABITS per second of data transfer. Time to wave goodbye to those slow as molasses USB peripherals...again. Great, so now we have another standard for everyone to ignore. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-541858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rez. Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 And then it got fast again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-541886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Firewire sucks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-542378 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 No it doesn't. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-542445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Yes it does. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-542693 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Yes it does. QFE. USB 3.0 will be great, I've never liked firewire. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-542698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I wish they would do speeds in giga BYTES, not giga bits. Misleading to those of us not paying attention. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-542740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fobis Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I feel that the FireWire implementation here is better than the USB one just because the FireWire upgrade won't need any serious modifications to existing hardware. On top of that, the USB 3.0 standard is slated to use fiber optic cables (taken from Wikipedia). Those things are easy to break, and for most end-users, that's going to be a pain. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-542904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
idividebyzero Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 again? when was the last time we waved goodbye to USB? PC's never have and still dont come with firewire ports (with a tiny bit of exceptions). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-542948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 PC's never have and still dont come with firewire ports (with a tiny bit of exceptions). But thank goodness PC's still come with floppies... :angry2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-543165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I feel that the FireWire implementation here is better than the USB one just because the FireWire upgrade won't need any serious modifications to existing hardware. On top of that, the USB 3.0 standard is slated to use fiber optic cables (taken from Wikipedia). Those things are easy to break, and for most end-users, that's going to be a pain. The new USB is going to be dual-compatible. It is going to be the same shape, and in that one connection allow for fiber or copper. The new USB stuff will use fibers (obviously), while the old copper-based USB stuff will still be able to plug right in and go. That, IMO, is the correct way to implement a standard. As for the breakability, well, people just need to be more careful with their stuff. again? when was the last time we waved goodbye to USB? PC's never have and still dont come with firewire ports (with a tiny bit of exceptions). I wouldn't say that. All the laptops in my house, as well as all my 965/975X motherboards have got Firewire. That's not to say it isn't a huge waste of space, but the port is there "just in case." But thank goodness PC's still come with floppies... QFT! LOL!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-543283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUKKU Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 firewire doesn't take up cpu resources. usb does. firewire is better, QED Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-543287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Yes it does. Well, I guess is based on expierences, I suffer issues with USB disks,specially with large data and never with FW, with other USB devices no issues that I can remember, maybe a few with pendrives, and I had very little experience with other FW devices than Disks, iPods, networking with other computers and cameras. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/76720-usb-got-super-slow-again/#findComment-543341 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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