Yeah very lame. I wont buy another iPod till 1. They adopt Firewire again. 2. USB gets lots faster.

i think it was to slim down the size of the pod. I could be wrong, but I believe the FW chipset takes up more room than the USB one.

Quote: Originally Posted by hickey i think it was to slim down the size of the pod. I could be wrong, but I believe the FW chipset takes up more room than the USB one. Per…

oh i wasnt saying i enjoy not having firewire, Im with you on needing FW. USB hurts me sometimes.

Quote: Originally Posted by hickey oh i wasnt saying i enjoy not having firewire, Im with you on needing FW. USB hurts me sometimes. Oh no I know you weren't saying that, …

For an iPod, USB2 is faster and cheaper than Firewire.

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell For an iPod, USB2 is faster and cheaper than Firewire. USB 2 is faster? How so?

Quote: Originally Posted by drainyoo USB 2 is faster? How so? The chipset they're using in the iPods is rather pokey (probably for low-power/heat) and USB2 comes out on top…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell For an iPod, USB2 is faster and cheaper than Firewire. No, USB 2.0 is overall SLOWER than Firewire This has been gone over so many times…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell The chipset they're using in the iPods is rather pokey (probably for low-power/heat) and USB2 comes out on top for transfer rates. Here are s…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin No, USB 2.0 is overall SLOWER than Firewire This has been gone over so many times. http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html It "has been gone…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell 1000 songs (assuming ~4MB/song) should take about 9 minutes over USB2 (based the benchmarks from CNet). Are you using USB1? USB1 would take ~1…

I thought the speed leapfrogging went USB<FW400<USB2<FW800? At any rate, if I were you drainyoo I'd buy a USB2 PCI and install it in your Mac to make song transfers livab…

Quote: Originally Posted by Uisce I thought the speed leapfrogging went USB<FW400<USB2<FW800? At any rate, if I were you drainyoo I'd buy a USB2 PCI and install it in …

Quote: Originally Posted by drainyoo Actually I have a 17inch PowerBook (the very first one that was released) and a new video iPod. Does the PB have USB 2.0 already in it? And …

Quote: Originally Posted by Uisce That computer has PCMCIA slots correct? I think the easiest thing would be a USB2 card that you slide in - http://www.usbfirewire.com/Parts/rr…

AFAIK, Apple added USB 2.0 on the Rev B 17".

Quote: Originally Posted by Uisce I thought the speed leapfrogging went USB<FW400<USB2<FW800? In terms of maximum rated speed, that's true. (12Mbps/400/480/800) In …

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…

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'…

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, …

Quote: 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 …

Quote: 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 …

Quote: 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…

Quote: 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…