USB 2 Powerbook ?

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BEET

macrumors member

Original poster

• Sep 22, 2004

• #1

Hi Guys,
I'm just about to buy an external harddrive for my 1.5 GHz powerbook G4 512 MB DDR SDRAM. At first I wasn't sure wether to get a firewire 800 or a USB2. hdd. I realise that FW800 would be faster, but I've found a nice compact USB2 version.
I checked in the system details on my computer and it says USB High-Speed Bus up to 480 Mb/sec, Please can someone tell me if my powerbook has USB2?


thanks loads, BEET

 

jackieonasses

macrumors 6502a

• Sep 22, 2004

• #2

it does have usb2, but....i wouldnt suggest it. USB has a much slower constant data transfer rate over firewire

 

ChrisFromCanada

macrumors 65816

• Sep 22, 2004

• #3

Try to find one that is USB2 and firewire. And yes 480Mb is USB2.

 

Mord

macrumors G4

• Sep 22, 2004

• #4

avoid usb like the plage with large storage stuff like optical and HD drives.

get a firewire 400 one there cheap and faster than usb 2.

 

Toe

macrumors 65816

• Sep 22, 2004

• #5

Ever seen this?
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/ComboDock.php
Is awesome if you want to use more than one drive and protocol.

Or you can get a cheap enclosure that supports both protocols...
http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ME-720U2F&cat=CAS
http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=CAS#Drive Cases

 

Mord

macrumors G4

• Sep 22, 2004

• #6

$150 holy **** thats expensive.

get a cheap firewire 400 case firewire 800 will yield no great benefits.