Is FW 800 as capable as FW 400?

[WHiiP]

'poo, I'd buy you that beer just to watch you type all of that drivel...
lap:

[OWC Larry]

Short answer is - Yes... and capable for data rates twice as fast as FireWire 400. Great for Target disk mode transfers (assuming other Mac has FW800) since noticeably speeds up such.

JEBB wrote:
For instance: Can a Firewire 800 external drive be bootable? Does Target Disk Mode work with FW 800? Others?

Is FW 800 all that FW400 is but faster?

[laarree]

Mr. Poo, that was the best science fiction I've read all day. :-)

[Mr645]

My Powerbook G4 1.33 will not show up in Target Disk Mode on my G5 dual2.5 tower. But works when connected via FW400.

But for most things I use FW800 when I can. Drives, card readers etc.