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famousringo on 04 March 2009
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Thatmax said:
Bitmap Frogs said:

Firewire 800 is way, way faster than USB. If you have a FW800 port (pc or mac, doesn't matter) and you are buying an external HDD, get one with FW800. It's still slower than esata but unless you have a mac pro/macbook pro you won't have the option.

I don't know what any of that means :S but my video camera/hard drive wouldnt be able to plug into the new firewire thing would it?

 

 

It absolutely could. You can plug a Firewire 400 device (the old plug) into an 800 port. You just need to get an adapter or a cable with a 400 connector on one end and an 800 connector on the other.

Why they didn't go the route USB did and use the same connector design for both 400 and 800 is beyond me.



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