TiBook External Drive Connection

[mrlynn]

The TiBook (which I gave to my son) has only Firewire 400 and a USB 1.0 ports. The cheaper external HDs are mostly USB 2.0. Will these perform adequately attached to the TiBook? Would a Firewire 800/400 drive be appreciably better?

/Mr Lynn

[GGD]

There was this thread the other day comparing FW400 to USB 2.0 on the same drive, with FW400 being the winner, and USB 1.x will be even slower.

http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/487473

A lot might really depend on what it's going to be used for. Maybe a bigger internal drive would be a solution (can support 120GB).

[mattkime]

i wouldn't recommend a usb drive with that machine unless you're moving tiny files.

[Rick-o]

Don't forget the PCMCIA slot. I have two Ti 'books still in use, and a card like one of these can really add function to an older laptop. USB 2.0 AND Firewire.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=pcmcia+firewire+usb&x=0&y=0

[anonymouse1]

Don't do the USB 1. Molasses slow.

[jdc]

[quote anonymouse1]Don't do the USB 1. Molasses slow.
pfft, molasses is actually faster

[mattkime]

[quote jdc][quote anonymouse1]Don't do the USB 1. Molasses slow.
pfft, molasses is actually faster
hm, you must live in the south - or you're using Molasses 2.0

[mrlynn]

[quote mattkime][quote jdc][quote anonymouse1]Don't do the USB 1. Molasses slow.
pfft, molasses is actually faster
hm, you must live in the south - or you're using Molasses 2.0
Enough molasses, and it can be fast and powerful, as in the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster

/Mr Lynn

[RAMd®d]

, jdc.

[GGD]

Never underestimate the power of molasses in large groups.