Firewire or USB?

Elite · 08-21-2005, 01:16 PM

Which do you prefer, FireWire of USB?

Elite · 08-21-2005, 01:17 PM

Damn, i forgot to add a poll.

diduknowthat · 08-21-2005, 01:27 PM

lol, firewire's faster but is newer technolodgy so some motherboard don't have it and not alot of things (relativly speaking) uses it. USB's slower but all computer has it and most devices uses it.

**dragon2309** · 08-21-2005, 01:46 PM

i would have to say USB 2.0. It's top speed of 480 Mb/s rivals that of firewire. And most PC's have USB on it already

diduknowthat · 08-21-2005, 01:54 PM

why not get both? My computer came with bot

Xelogen · 08-22-2005, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liuliuboy

why not get both? My computer came with bot

lol i second this. Its like pie..... 2 is better than one

**The_Other_One** · 08-22-2005, 01:16 AM

Firewire is the fastest. Do the research, you'll see even firewire 400 beats USB 2.0 by about 10-20%... If I have a choice, it's Firewire. But of course, some things just, or mostly come in USB(USB drives, keyboards, mice...)

[-0MEGA-] · 08-22-2005, 01:43 AM

firewire is the fastest, and u can network 2 comps together, but id say usb since most devices use usb, and there cables are cheaper.

flame1117 · 08-22-2005, 02:31 AM

Yo can network comps together with firewire AND USB, and not to mention ethernet(what i use)

Both is always the best, even if the motherboard doesn't have it get a PCI caard for it, thats what I did. 10$ and the PCI card had 3 on it.

Vampiric Rouge · 08-22-2005, 06:13 AM

Fire wire. Not only does it have a cool name it's also fun to network computers with.

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diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 6,480	lol, firewire's faster but is newer technolodgy so some motherboard don't have it and not alot of things (relativly speaking) uses it. USB's slower but all computer has it and most devices uses it. __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

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The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Firewire is the fastest. Do the research, you'll see even firewire 400 beats USB 2.0 by about 10-20%... If I have a choice, it's Firewire. But of course, some things just, or mostly come in USB(USB drives, keyboards, mice...) __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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flame1117 banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,770	Yo can network comps together with firewire AND USB, and not to mention ethernet(what i use) Both is always the best, even if the motherboard doesn't have it get a PCI caard for it, thats what I did. 10$ and the PCI card had 3 on it.

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