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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?
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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.…
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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 …
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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…
Black. I love the black.
But what I really want a 20gig iPod in black but none of the U2 price premium or red wheel, since my music library, while not huge (about 7gigs) won't fit…
black. i want a nano because i dont have a need to put all 100gb of my music on an ipod at once. plus it will fit in the pocket within the pocket in my jeans (you know, the little …
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Originally Posted by tracemhunter
plus it will fit in the pocket within the pocket in my jeans (you know, the little pointless pocket that is never used).
That pocket…
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Originally Posted by phillryu
Proud owner of a black 4 gig. It rocks!
ditto
Looking for the white one, but ended up getting the black.
Black is the new white.
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Originally Posted by lavar78
That pocket is for your hotel key.
For some reason, I wish the black one had a grey wheel like the white one. That would be extra hot!
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Originally Posted by Cubeoid
Depends what you're wearing.
so black. it complements my uniform - i'll just have to tell them it's a new duty pager... ;-)
be well.
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It's interesting that the poll is suggesting that Black is 3 times more popular than white, because I read an article that suggested that the availability of the black ipod was a t…