In Reply to: Re: USB 2.0 vs. Firewire external CD-RW for USB 1.1 notebook ? posted by Bill D. on 09/15/02 at 12:42 AM:
Further research seems to show that I actually have 3 options :
1. External CD-RW with Firewire
2. External CD-RW with USB 2.0 (after installing a USB 2.0 adapter card)
3. Internal SCSI CD-RW connected to a USB 2.0 port on my laptop using a SCSI to USB connection product such as the Adaptec USB2Xchange.
How would the 3 options rate with respect to:
a) Cost ?
b) Performance ?
: You would need a USB 2.0 adapter card and it still wouldn't out-perform Firewire. Use the Firewire port. ;)
: Bill
: : I have a 2 yr old Gateway notebook running Win 98 SE. I need to purchase an external CD-RW to use with it. The Device manager shows me that I have both a IEEE1394 bus controller (Texas Instruments OHCI compliant IEEE1394 Host Controller) and USB Controller (Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller and a USB Root Hub). Since it is two years old, the USB has to be 1.1 compliant.
: : So am I right in assuming that I can run both Firewire or USB 2.0 CD-RW with my notebook ? What kind of additional hardware would I require in either case ?
: : Would like recommendations as to whether I should go for Firewire or upgrade to USB 2.0 and use a USB 2.0 CD-RW.
: : Which option is cheaper and which would give me higher performance, i.e. better cd writing speeds ?
