Why no Firewire on iPods? — #20
dumb question:
is there a plug & play USB2 connector/adaptor that would plug into the Firewire port?
so i can use a faster port than my old USB1 on my old G4 with a new Nano…
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Why no Firewire on iPods? — #21
I'd have to agree with dreamryche, FW is a constant transfer rate. Which is why FW and iLink is used for digital movies. I think Apple should incorporate a 1394 connection. Wouldn'…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #22
Firewire lacks the fine grained device power control that USB has. It further has not been developed in "smaller, lighter, cooler" chipsets the way USB has; you can get a single, …
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #23
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Originally Posted by ghporter
It is NOT some conspiracy on Apple's part, unless you think that providing smaller, lighter devices that run longer on their batteries is a …
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #24
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Originally Posted by Kevin
Yeah very lame. I wont buy another iPod till
1. They adopt Firewire again.
2. USB gets lots faster.
1. unlikely, unfortunately
2. USB is …
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #25
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Originally Posted by NYCFarmboy
dumb question:
is there a plug & play USB2 connector/adaptor that would plug into the Firewire port?
so i can use a faster port tha…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #26
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Originally Posted by drainyoo
Yeah it does. I this the only option? How can this laptop not have USB 2? Was Apple sleeping again?
Would suck to have this ugly thing stic…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #27
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Originally Posted by dreamryche
In terms of maximum rated speed, that's true. (12Mbps/400/480/800) In practice, however, FW400 beats USB2 because USB gets most of its spe…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #28
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Originally Posted by tooki
2. USB is already much faster than the drive inside the iPod
So is firewire, which is why I find it laughable that someone says USB is fast…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #29
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Originally Posted by volcano
I've checked every site that I can think of (apple-history.com, lowendmac.com, everymac.com) and not a single one has information on whether …
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #30
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Originally Posted by Kevin
So is firewire, which is why I find it laughable that someone says USB is faster. What they mean is on the computer being tested, their USB 2.0…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #31
The different platforms implement both firewire and USB slightly differently. It looks like some sort of priority thing in traffic handling on both. Firewire seems slower on Wind…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #32
I have had no complaints with USB on my iPod. As far as I'm concerned... music and videos are copied over in a timely manner and I have over 6,000 songs and it did NOT take hours t…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #33
im with the spaz here, but i do wish that firewire was still supported mainly because im running out of usb ports. i only have 2 to deal with my mouse, ipod, and printer. Kinda get…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #34
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Originally Posted by TheSpaz
I have had no complaints with USB on my iPod. As far as I'm concerned... music and videos are copied over in a timely manner and I have over …
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #35
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Originally Posted by explosivpotato
im with the spaz here, but i do wish that firewire was still supported mainly because im running out of usb ports. i only have 2 to de…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #36
Check out this new charger that might help out. You can use both the firewall cables and the USB cables. Since some iPods use Firewall and some use USB, you won't have to waste mon…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #37
just buy a firewire cable for the powerbook, easy enough
i personally like firewire transfer, because my usb ports are taken up by my printer and keyboard already...
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #38
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Originally Posted by iPod Master
Check out this new charger that might help out. You can use both the firewall cables and the USB cables. Since some iPods use Firewall an…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #39
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Originally Posted by sledsbehave
just buy a firewire cable for the powerbook, easy enough
i personally like firewire transfer, because my usb ports are taken up by my p…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #40
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Originally Posted by drainyoo
Then you obviously have USB 2.0. I don't and it took a few hours for me to copy over 1000 songs.
Note that USB2 is one of the system re…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #41
According to MacTracker:
PB 17" (1GHz): USB: 2 - 12MBit/s
PB 17" (1.33GHz): USB: 2 - 400MBit/s
None of my Macs have USB 2.0, but I love my iPod Video, and just live with the…
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #42
usb is universal, firewire is not. usb though sometimes slower, adopts a greater marketshare and more devices, which equals more profit and will drop the other format. Firewire is …
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #43
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Originally Posted by 24klogos
usb is universal, firewire is not. usb though sometimes slower, adopts a greater marketshare and more devices, which equals more profit and …
Why no Firewire on iPods? — #44
Er hem. I use firewire for a number of things on both my Windows desktop and my Windows laptop. And I used it BEFORE I became a Mac user. "Nobody" is a pretty large group, you k…