Re: USB 2 or fire wire?

[ian.bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I have just ordered one of the Maxtor external drives. I think the 80 gig
one was around 78 quid with USB2  interface and even one touch backup
software. Look on  http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/home/
 then it was a
banner on the disk drive page. The bigger ones support firewire as well but
start at 115 quid - all plus the dreaded.

Ian





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hoyin
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25/03/2004 00:01
Please respond to
ukha_d

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too expensive .. unfortunately .. I am on a tight budget ..

Ho Yin
On 24 Mar 2004, at 22:42, Phil Harris wrote:

>
>  As far as the drive is concerned then why not get a drive that can be
> hung
>  off either type of port? I get 14Mbytes/sec continuous throughput on
> USB2.0
>  and 17Mbytes/sec on firewire...
>
>  Phil
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: hoyin [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
>  > Sent: 24 March 2004 22:28
>  > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  > Subject: [ukha_d] USB 2 or fire wire?
>  >
>  > Hope someone can help here ..
>  >
>  > About to buy a Lacie external drive ..
>  >
>  > Should I buy Firewire or USB 2?
>  >
>  > I have neither in my computer so would require a PCI card
>  > regardless of what I purchase.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  >
>  > Ho Yin
>  >