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08-09-2003, 03:23 PM
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Need An External HD
I'm trying to decide between these two external hard drives:
Western Digital 120GB USB 2.0 - $229.95 AND Western Digital 120GB FireWire/USB 2.0 $249.99 It looks like they're pretty much the exact same drive except for another $20.00 you can get the FireWire/USB 2.0 Combo instead of the USB 2.0 only. So my question is why would you pay an extra $20.00 bucks for the FireWire capability when USB 2.0 has a faster data transfer rate than FireWire? I just want to make sure that I'm not missing something here before I go pick one on these up.
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08-09-2003, 03:25 PM
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go with firewire... it's a lot faster, and only 20 bucks more
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08-09-2003, 03:26 PM
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Buy em seperately....
You can buy the USB 2.0 case for around $50 comes with all wires, cables, software, ect.... put any damn HD in it you want... just pay for the raw HD.. saves big bucks.... I just did up two of em for backups... total cost me around that $249 price... 
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08-09-2003, 03:31 PM
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USB 2.0 are faster than firewire, but many notebooks don't have or only have a few usb 2.0 plugs, so using firewire instead could save some of these.....this is the only reason I can think of?
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08-09-2003, 03:34 PM
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There are other differences between FireWire and UBB 2.0. Also, is this drive the true USB 2.0 (480 MBps) or the 1.2 USB that was recently re-branded as USB 2.0?
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