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Originally Posted by Titan
I had heard that USB 2.0 and FW 400 were about the same. Is that not true?
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Technically speaking the burst rate for USB (480MBs) is higher than FireWire (400MBs), but the sustained throughput is much more stable with FireWire. Large file transfers can be almost 70% faster over FireWire400 than over USB 2.0.
There's also FireWire800, but there's no point discussing its performance over USB 2.0... unless you like talking about how much faster a Lamborghini is over a Cavalier.
