Quote: Originally Posted by DigitalEl Wasn't Firewire a technology pushed hard by Apple in the first place? Why have they now abandoned it on their signature devices? gotta…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kenneth Well, I think I can live with the slow USB 1.1 speed on my DP PowerMac G4 1.25. At the same time, I'm looking for a USB 2.0 PCI card, which w…

I can live with the slower USB 1.1, after the initial fill, I usually update just a few songs now and then. What I'd really want to know is if the charging time on USB 1.1 will be …

Quote: Originally Posted by Jerome I can live with the slower USB 1.1, after the initial fill, I usually update just a few songs now and then. What I'd really want to know is if…

Quote: Originally Posted by Captain Obvious http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815104306 doesnt suffer from that deep sleep problem, haven't had a problem with it yet …

Quote: Originally Posted by Kenneth IoGear makes great products for the Mac. Right now, I ran out of USB ports on back of my PowerMac G4 and Studio Display. Can you tell me wh…

No FireWire indeed.

Guess this will finally kick me to replace my aging G4 Cube with a Mac Mini. All my music is on the Cube, then gets shared out to the network for playback on my Powerbook, one of …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I haven't yet understood the hue and cry about Apple shipping iPods without Firewire cables in the first place. Firewire may be faster than…

Firewire is far better than USB, my Mini updates faster with firewire than usb 2.0. I am sad apple didn't put it on the nano

Quote: Originally Posted by DigitalEl Wasn't Firewire a technology pushed hard by Apple in the first place? Why have they now abandoned it on their signature devices? Apple …

Quote: Originally Posted by moki In *theory* FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 are about even... in reality, the bassackwards nature of the USB protocol ensures that this isn't the case.…

Quote: Originally Posted by robby818 This is very true. I have heard firewire described as a more "robust" technology and that usb is hampered by overhead. in my experience I …

In all honesty, whatever differences in speed exist between FireWire 400 and USB 2 on the hardware side are more than negated by software differences. Take any dual-interface hard …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Unfortunately that robustness comes with the penalty of extra hardware. More components are required to do all the error checking, etc. nee…

Very interesting! Thanks for the extra info! tooki

is there a difference there? this is my primary reason for sticking with the larger ipods even though the black nano is just super cool. but i connect my larger 40gb ipod throug…

The dock connector has no digital out. But it does have a true line-out. The nano continues this. The only thing its dock connector won't do (that we know of so far) are FireWire d…

I have been inpressed with sound quality (only using headphones though). I notice a huge difference in bass and overall range when using the nano vs. shuffle... Quote: Origi…

i've found the volume level just a tad bit lower on the nano (need higher level for same perceived loudness), but that might just be an artifact of my listening habit last night. …

Does the Nano have Sound Check or any EQ settings, or is it like the shuffle?

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman Does the Nano have Sound Check or any EQ settings, or is it like the shuffle? it has all the audio capabilities of its full-sized brethr…

that sounds very promising. i was so shocked when i found out the diff in quality between the headphone jack and the dock line out. amazing diff! does anyone know of any audioph…

Quote: Originally Posted by bigsmoke07 that sounds very promising. i was so shocked when i found out the diff in quality between the headphone jack and the dock line out. amaz…

Well, USB is digital. If the source is digital, then you're better off with usb, because the sound would go through less A<->D conversions.