Which is faster?

JohnDoH!

JohnDoH!

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IEEE 1394a, IEEE 1394b, and USB 2.0. Which is faster? when transfering data through an external harddrive.
 
I believe the IEEE 1394b should be the faster transfer rate out of the three regardless what you are doing with it.
 
IEEE 1394b allows extensions to 800Mbit/sec., 1.6Gbit/sec. and 3.2Gbit/sec., all over copper wire. It supports long-distance transfers to 100 meters over a variety of media: CAT-5 unshielded cable at 100Mbit/sec., existing plastic optical fiber at 200Mbits/sec., next-generation plastic optical fiber at 400Mbit/sec. and 50-micron mulitmode glass optical fiber at up to 3.2Gbit/sec.

As quoted from: http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA91031&partner=enews
 
I see, thanks but for a non technical person such as my self, if you were to simplify what your saying does that mean its way way better then 2.0 usb?
 
hehe thanks ^^, just concerned that in the near future I'm afraid usb ports might become an outdated/unused port unavailable on newer computers. I wont have to worry about that right?
 
JohnDoH! said:
hehe thanks ^^, just concerned that in the near future I'm afraid usb ports might become an outdated/unused port unavailable on newer computers. I wont have to worry about that right?
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I seriously doubt it. There is USB this, and USB that... It would have to take place slowly. I mean, some computers still have serial ports...
 
USB wont become outdated for several years, it's been around for probably almost ten years, perhaps more.
 
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