Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter OK, as far as I'm concerned you win hands down. Lab results trump all speculation, and you sure have them! Since ghporter objected to …

By the way, I know that the writing is on the wall with regard to firewire on the iPods. But I think Apple jumped the gun by going to USB2 only when their own computers sold as lit…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Since ghporter objected to comparing my old iPod to the new one, I did a couple of tests using my 3rd gen iPod. <snip meaningless compari…

Do you have any source aside from the CNET review indicating that firewire performance decreased so dramatically with 4g iPods? I had one briefly and I didn't notice the transfer s…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Do you have any source aside from the CNET review indicating that firewire performance decreased so dramatically with 4g iPods? I had one bri…

What I am trying to demonstrate is that firewire (both in general and as it is implemented on the iPod) is not inferior to USB2 in terms of speed. The times that I recorded for fi…

And indeed someone did notice the drop in speed; from CNet's review of the 4G: Although slightly slower than the previous generation's transfer rate of 6.9MB per second, the new iP…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Do you have any source aside from the CNET review indicating that firewire performance decreased so dramatically with 4g iPods? That loo…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Do you have any source aside from the CNET review indicating that firewire performance decreased so dram…

Yes, this is surprisingly difficult to find information about. However, I did find this paragraph in the iLounge review of the 5G iPod: Quote: http://www.ilounge.com/index.ph…

OK, I finally found something that addresses the matter at hand. It's a discussion thread on Apple's web site Quote: Like many of you, I was concerned about Apple's d…

Just making a guess here, but could the HD in the different generation iPods have something to do with the difference?

Quote: Originally Posted by jasong Just making a guess here, but could the HD in the different generation iPods have something to do with the difference? Not only the specif…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Not only the specific HD model, but also the interface chipset could affect transfer speeds. Icruise, did you do the other half of the test…

double post

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise double post I agree that Firewire is faster, but I have a consipiracy theory about no Firewire. I recently read (rumor) that Apple was…

Just so you know, no internet petition has ever worked in the history of the internet. Good luck though!

Quote: Originally Posted by Hairllama I agree that Firewire is faster, but I have a consipiracy theory about no Firewire. I recently read (rumor) that Apple was not going to i…

WHAT! I didn't even know that the new iPods didn't have FireWire. That sucks! I ain't gettin' one now, that's for sure! Of course, I wasn't going to get one before either, bu…

nobodoy cares, get a life. so the test you did on your computers, came out 20 seconds longer. Oh that's horrible my god, if only you'd have those 20 seconds of your life back. Mayb…

duplicate, forum reload issues.

My iPod Nano refuses to turn off. It has the screen "FireWire connections are not supported...." on it. It'll go away after pressing the center button a few times, but it still w…

Did you hold the play and menu buttons for about 6 seconds to reboot it manually?

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman Did you hold the play and menu buttons for about 6 seconds to reboot it manually? Yup. It won't respond to that.

Let the charge run out, and try again after recharging it. If that fails, take it in for repairs/replacement.