I´m talking about the Orinoco one. The original Airport cards are going for over 110-120 bucks on *bay Germany these days.

That's interesting the original Airport cards can be upgraded to support WPA. I would've considered one of them for my PowerBook had I known that.

There may be some particular models that just don't have the components to upgrade, but they should also be pretty old ones... I was first surprised at their upgrade potential whe…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter ...I was first surprised at their upgrade potential when someone posted that they had loaded the latest AirPort software and suddenly they h…

Even more interesting. Too bad the cards are so expensive. I would've preferred one instead.

Anyone know what the deal is? Why Apple has removed Firewire connection? I just bought my second iPod, first one was the very first iPod released by Apple, and this transferring ov…

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…