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firewire or usb for saving my music files ??

  • 06-07-2010 1:59pm
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    A V A
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    im just about ready to start getting my gear finally im getting logic studio and a new macbook pro !! im just wondering what would be better to save my recorded songs on ?? a usb external hard drive or on firewire?? cheers


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  • #2
    Savman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭Savman


    A V A wrote: »
    im just about ready to start getting my gear finally im getting logic studio and a new macbook pro !! im just wondering what would be better to save my recorded songs on ?? a usb external hard drive or on firewire?? cheers
    Same boat myself, have been stalking your posts on the Mac forum :D

    I think FW is the only way to go from the reading I've been doing.


  • #3
    MilanPan!c
    Site Banned Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭MilanPan!c


    Read this:

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10141810-76.html


  • #4
    Savman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭Savman


    MilanPan!c wrote: »
    Read this:

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10141810-76.html
    I was of the understanding that Apple are still pushing FW and Microsoft are the ones rolling with USB 3.0, that true?


  • #5
    A V A
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,755 ✭✭✭A V A


    but when is the 3.0 coming out tho i cant seem to find anywhere on the net to buy it man ?? the likes of currys n all dont seem to have them


  • #6
    A V A
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,755 ✭✭✭A V A


    Savman wrote: »
    Same boat myself, have been stalking your posts on the Mac forum :D

    I think FW is the only way to go from the reading I've been doing.

    hahaha ye cheers


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  • #7
    MilanPan!c
    Site Banned Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭MilanPan!c


    Savman wrote: »
    I was of the understanding that Apple are still pushing FW and Microsoft are the ones rolling with USB 3.0, that true?

    It's kind if true:

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/10/usb_3_test_spec_targeted_for_june.html

    in fact though apple will jump on USB3 as soon as enough people/devices warrent it.

    Which will be very soon!

    There's already USB3 stuff in the wild afterall.

    Right at this moment, I'd say FireWire, but in 6-8 months, who knows.


  • #8
    MilanPan!c
    Site Banned Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭MilanPan!c


    USB3 really only hit developers a few months back, but it'll be out pretty soon.


  • #9
    mathepac
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    FireWire 800, as incorporated into the MacBook Pro series (or FireWire 400 on older Macs) is substantially faster in real-world as well as in theoretical maximum speeds than USB 2.0, also incorporated into the MacBook Pro.

    There are a number of reasons for this but some of them have to do with buffering and USB's reliance on the host CPU to keep stuff moving and a single USB device's inability to completely saturate its own bus, resulting in "idle time". FireWire (800 or 400) circuitry has no need to rely on CPU interrupts for all its tasks and can keep stuff moving with much less "idle time".

    USB 2.0 has a theoretical rate of 480Mbps (measured at 200 / 280Mbps in benchmarks) FireWire 800 has been benchmarked at more than twice the speed of USB 2.0. Note: the bottlenecks in these tests may not be the devices themselves but can be the PC's data-bus.

    A couple of caveats if going for FireWire: make sure the external device is Fire Wire 800 and make sure to purchase compatible FireWire 800 cabling with 9-circuit connectors (FireWire 400 uses 4 and 6-circuit connectors)

    This is important because FireWire S1600 & S3200 (coming soon, watch this space) will use the same cabling as FireWire 800. (USB 3.0 will require different cabling to USB 2.0 or 1.1)

    I believe FireWire is the future.


  • #10
    MilanPan!c
    Site Banned Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭MilanPan!c


    The only difference in the end will be timing I'd say and the fact the USB is and will prolly remain more prevalent.

    Either next gen format will be about 10x faster than what we now have. And what we now have is more than good enough for backing up data. ;)


  • #11
    maccored
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,748 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    i dont trust todays external drives. I have one of those shock proof jobbies (its a tiny drive though) but i certinaly wouldnt trust the cheap, scantily clad external drives one sees these days - they fail far far far too quickly.

    For my own recordings I back up to a network server with an array. Proper 'stuck in the middle of a server' hard drives are way more reliable than anything portable in my books.


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  • #12
    maccored
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,748 ✭✭✭✭maccored


    MilanPan!c wrote: »
    It's kind if true:

    http://appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/10/usb_3_test_spec_targeted_for_june.html

    in fact though apple will jump on USB3 as soon as enough people/devices warrent it.

    Which will be very soon!

    There's already USB3 stuff in the wild afterall.

    Right at this moment, I'd say FireWire, but in 6-8 months, who knows.

    I had read before about a new network set up thats neither usb nor firewire that apple was developing (or testing, I cant remember) - cant fecken find any word of it now though


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