Posted by redflag on 01/18/08 00:01

Bert Hyman wrote:
> In news:bOQjj.55377$_m.8297@bignews4.bellsouth.net redflag
> <christian@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> The speed of that "motion" of bits taking place
>> has an effect of their ultimate quality in the
>> host device.
>>
>
> Since the bits in a Firewire interface "move" at the same or faster rate
> as in a USB interface, by your standard, a USB connection should be the
> same or even slightly better than Firewire.
>

Quite the opposite. For technical reasons I barely
understand (I presume the conductive material in Firewire
is made of better stuff), firewire is faster
than USB.

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