WhatsFaster USB 1.1 or Firewire?
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Firewire ~ 400 Mb/s \nUSB 1.1  ~  12 Mb/s\nUSB 2.0  ~ 480 Mb/s\n\n400 >  12\n480 > 400
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USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 is difference in many electrical characteristics. But it's easy to see that USB 2.0 is faster than USB 1.1.\n\n"USB 1.1" data rate is about 1.5Mbps -> 12Mbps\n"USB 2.0 hi-speed" data rate is 480Mbps\n\nYou should note that USB 1.1 is now obsolete. And USB 2.0 with USB 1.1 speed is called "USB 2.0 full-speed".
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usb, its probably easier too
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I use one USB adapter. Yes you need a Driver to install the Hardware as others do. It works almost like a PCI Wireless card. I do not prefer it coz it take my usb port, i prefer a PCI card. Networking and all is almost the same, no effect
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These are two different issues, and come together only because some hardware uses both. \n\n============\nUSB\n\nTo us any USB device, you must have USB hardware (a 'host' in your computer, and USB client hardware in whatever widget you want to connect to it). And cables, the right sort. And a software interface driver in your OS which understands USB and manage it. \nvarious OS have gotten the necessary software components at various times. Windows had nothing until a late version of Win95, and did not get routinely reliable USB software until rather later. XP is said by some to be the first Windows version which has adequate USB support. Partly because hardware vendors were unwiling to work with Linux developers, Linux took rather longer than it need have done. Apple was corprately committed to its own modern serial interface, "Firewire", and so its hardware didn't support USB for quite a while. Indeed, until it became clear that regardless of its virtues, Firewire would not be universally (or even widely) adopted, Apple was USB invisible. \n\n==========\nUSB device support\n\nEven if your OS and hardware together are ideally set up to support USB, you will hardly be able to use a USB backscratcher without the appropriate driver software. USB is only an interface designed to pass information back and forth between a host and a client, not to run backscratchers and toenail clippers. To do that, you need software which 'understands' the special issues involved in backacratching, toenail clipping, or wireless equipment operation. And further, the particular way the particular piece of hardware you have does its thing (different vendors implement different features and basic strategies, after all). \n\n==================\nyour case\n\nIf your USB adaptor (I presume you mean a third party after market unit, but the principles are the same) is properly integrated with your OS and with your other hardware, that takes care of the USB side of the problem. Does any other USB device work with your adaptor? If yes, your problem is not likely to be with it. \n\nThe USB interfaced wireless equipment you're trying to use most likley came with some software on a CD or floppy. Is that software properly installed and configured? If not, this is your first item to investigate. In many operating systems, you can run a utility program which looks at log files for error messages from a particular device (or interface); this may tell you something about what's gone wrong. In others, there are inbuilt reporting mechanisms. Under Widnows, for instance, you can examine the properties of the device driver(s) involved via the Device Manager in the Control Panel in recent versions of Windows. This may provide some hints as well. \n\nIt may be that you will have to remove (or uninstall) this driver software and then reinstall it. This is particulary the case with Windows when things get crossways. \n\nOnce the driver is actually working properly (and configured properly, which is not the same thing), then you will have only, in your case, the usual wireless issues remaining. The 802.11a standard is incompatible with 802.11b or g (or eventually n). Do your radios match in this respect? If so, are they in range of each other? The 300 foot (100 meter) range is largely a myth -- copywriters' .fervid imaginatinos rarely have any connection with actual engineering rality -- and is considerably affected by any sort of obstacle, from fog to tree leaves to buildings and walls and antenna placement and orientation. And antenna type too for that matter (eg, directionality of antenna, and polarization of emitted signal -- not the same thing at all, are issues here). All of these things must be considered if things are not working properly. \n\nAnd, after all the radio stuff is gotten right, there still remain issues having to do with security (ie, WEP or WAP or WAP2 or 802.11i (which is more or less WAP2)), and with the ordi
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yes but why usb is slower i would connect thru lan or wireless\nthis site has a guide http://bartman1.blogspot.com/ good luck
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I don't think there is a difference in the quality of the video.  I do think a PCI device installed in the case would look cleaner (less clutter).  I recommend using a DV (Camcorder) to Firewire (PC) because it uses one line for both video and audio.  For software, I recommend Pinnacle Systems Studio 500-PCI version 10 for starters if you feel comfortable opening your case and installing.  Otherwise, go with Studio 500-USB version 10.\n\nGood luck!
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put a firewire card in a empty pci slot,  they are cheap.
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go to the device manager and expand USB-Controller. If there is an entry "USB 2.0-Root-Hub" then it's USB 2.0, otherwise it's 1.1 or 1.0\n\nFor the motherboard look in the User's Manual. If you haven't one, there is an excellent system analysis program called Everest from Lavalys and it's free (Home Edition).
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yes, the plextor ConvertX should work for you if you want to use the USB rather than firewire.\nOtherwise there is the Canopus ADVC-110 which supports firewire 400.
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I'd go with the Maxtor just because it's larger. Both companies make reliable hardware so I really don't see a quality issue there. The only possible advantage with the Seagate would be if your computer has Firewire and you got a Firewire enclosure. In some cases that might be better. Go do some reading if you want...\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=firewire+vs.+usb
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If you have firewire, use that - it's fast.  I think if you use an ethernet cable, that should work also.  You just have to use the Windows Networking Wizard thing and it should be fine.
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Bigdrive is a complete idiot. Most Wireless adapters ARE USB now. Oh how I despise stupid people.
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You can`t, but if you need the speed of a 2.0 USB port, you can buy a PCMCIA USB2.0 card, they are no very expensive, and some even have 4 ports and Firewire ports.
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high speed usb is 2.0, which is faster as long as you have 2.0 on your computer. its compatible with 1.1, but wont run fast if you dont have usb 2.0 installed in your computer. you can buy a usb 2.0 card and upgrade your computer.
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FireWire:  A very fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps (in 1394a) and 800Mbps (in 1394b). Products supporting the 1394 standard go under different names, depending on the company. Apple, which originally developed the technology, uses the trademarked name FireWire. Other companies use other names, such as i.link and Lynx, to describe their 1394 products. \nA single 1394 port can be used to connect up 63 external devices. In addition to its high speed, 1394 also supports isochronous data -- delivering data at a guaranteed rate. This makes it ideal for devices that need to transfer high levels of data in real-time, such as video devices. \n\nAlthough extremely fast and flexible, 1394 is also expensive. Like USB, 1394 supports both Plug-and-Play and hot plugging, and also provides power to peripheral devices. \n\nBluetooth:  A short-range radio technology aimed at simplifying communications among Internet devices and between devices and the Internet. It also aims to simplify data synchronization between Internet devices and other computers. \nProducts with Bluetooth technology must be qualified and pass interoperability testing by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group prior to release. Bluetooth's founding members include Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia and Toshiba. \n\nUSB:  Short for Universal Serial Bus, an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as mice, modems, and keyboards. USB also supports Plug-and-Play installation and hot plugging. \nStarting in 1996, a few computer manufacturers started including USB support in their new machines. It wasn't until the release of the best-selling iMac in 1998 that USB became widespread. It is expected to completely replace serial and parallel ports.
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a 250 gb external hard drive usb 2.0 / firewire should be cheapest solution starting $ 80\n\nhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=136&\n\neasiest & fastest option too