OT: Interesting article on USB2 v Firewire

[paulw]

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-3701430.html

[Dr Mordrid]

My bet is that USB-2 will eventually win this battle IF it works as advertised.

Beyond that there is another possible contender, even if it's an unintended one: SerialATA.

SerialATA is the next "IDE" connection beyond ATA100, but instead of a ribbon cable it uses a very Firewire-like cable.

Self powered and capable of 1.5 to 6 gigabits/sec transfer rates it may well move from inside the box to an outside storage connector because of its open standard status and ability to treat anything as a tape or hard drive transparently.

Dr. Mordrid


[This message has been edited by Dr Mordrid (edited 16 November 2000).]