External hard-drives?
External hard-drives?
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"FireWire, also known ass IEEE 1394, was originally developed by Apple and has a maximum bandwidth of 400Mbps. USB2.0, developed by the USB Implementers Forum (including Compaq, HP, and Intel) has a maximum bandwidth of 480Mbps. However as is often the case when Intel is involved, the numbers are a bit deceiving.
FireWire can sustain peak throughput indefinitely, without taxing your CPU, and is inherently peer-to-peer. USB2.0 is not inherently peer-to-peer and requires significantly more CPU to maximize throughput. 1394 is generally regarded to be a superior interface, somewhat analagous to being the SCSI to USB2.0's EIDE."
now that''s firewire 400. firewire 800 = 800 Mpbs.
and you can't boot from usb afaik.