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Firewire and USB 2.0

waynestewart

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I’ve said for a while that firewire was about twice as fast as USB 2.0 and I’ve confirmed that with drives that had both USB and firewire. I was just thinking that I’ve only compared the two in drives that held a SATA drive. If the enclosure had a PATA drive might the answer be different?

 

applefreak

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IEEE 1394 interface

USB 3.0 on a Mac Pro: Much Faster than Firewire 800

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