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Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - hal - 05-02-2008
I just got another super ebay deal in the mail - a 250GB Lacie USB2/FW pocket drive - the newer Hecht model. Nice little drive. Only $50 w/ 2 year warranty (gawd I love ebay)
I wiped the drive clean to the standard mac format and threw 5 avi files totaling about 900mb. USB2 finished in just about 60 seconds. FW moved the same files in about 28 seconds. Twice as fast in my very non scientific test.
I know it's old news,. but there it is just the same...
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - jdc - 05-02-2008
$50? nice.
yeah, look at these tests
http://www.barefeats.com/rosa06.html
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - freeradical - 05-03-2008
I suspect that even Firewire 400 would have put USB2 to shame.
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - dk62 - 05-03-2008
From what I remember, that is at least partially dependent on quality of USB implementation, and the results may be different on Windows.
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - RAMd®d - 05-03-2008
I suspect that even Firewire 400 would have put USB2 to shame.
Was that LaCie drive using FW800?
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - Panopticon - 05-03-2008
I believe he got the Little Disk http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10978
FW400/USB2; 5400/8MB cache
steal @ $50 !
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - hal - 05-03-2008
Yes - that's the one
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - qdog - 05-06-2008
I've been told that USB2 is faster on a PC than a Mac. Has anyone ever done a PC USB2 vs Mac firewire test.
Re: Real world USB2 v. Firewire speed test - N-OS X-tasy! - 05-06-2008
USB2 is pretty durn fast on a PC.