iPod nano officially NOT firewire compatible (transfer)

[Wodgy]

If there's a big enough demand, I'm sure someone will release a firewire to USB 2.0 adapter.

 

[Oliver :)]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emmanuel What do you mean by "superior technology"? IEEE 1394 requires less system resources but, at the end of the day, it is slower than USB2.0. Which is probably why Apple is moving on. Edit: What I don't understand is why they didn't use IEEE1394.B. I know the standard does not belong to them anymore but, surely, it's the most sensible way forward for Apple at least. Despite being 5 years old, they don't even include it on their PC's bar the Hi-End ones.

Not true, FireWire is faster, and you can boot Macs from FireWire, not from USB2. You mean FireWire 800? Well, I guess it's too expensive for any non-pro application at the moment. I have no seriously bad feeling about the nano being USB2 though other than not being able to use the same dock as with the big iPod

- for 2/4GB speed is not as much of an issue. The bigger iPods should keep FireWire though, at all cost. Fast, stable, bootable. The more space on an iPod the more likely to have it keep an emergency system.

 

[rsaavedra]

Some interesting links on the USB vs. Firewire debate:

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1104
http://www.directron.com/firewirevsusba.html
http://www.digit-life.com/articles/usb20vsfirewire/
http://www.usb-ware.com/firewire-vs-usb.htm

 

[Sparky191]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taphil Hence, I said, "For me..."

Missed that. Still if your going to make a value judgement based on one unit only....