Firewire or USB 2?

[stickybytes]

Is a Ilink port compatiable with all firewire/1394 devices? I asked a guy at radioshack and he said not neccesarily since sony created it.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: stickybytes
Is a Ilink port compatiable with all firewire/1394 devices? I asked a guy at radioshack and he said not neccesarily since sony created it.

Sony did not create it. (Apple did.) Sony just licenced it and named it differently.

The iLink port that you find on Sony laptops is a 4-pin IEEE 1394 Firewire port. 100% compatible.

Originally posted by: SUOrangeman
I'm trying to wait for a FW800+USB2 card. Granted, I don't have a need for either right now.

Well, I just benched USB 2 vs. USB 1.1 with my 256 MB Lexar JumpDrive Sport, with a 51650 KB (50.4 MB) file:

USB write: 59 s (0.85 MB/s)
USB read: 48 s (1.1 MB/s)

USB 2.0 write: 8 s (6.3 MB/s)
USB 2.0 read: 6 s (8.4 MB/s)

By full USB 2 (and of course Firewire 400) standards, 8.4 MB/s (67 Mbps) is pretty damn slow, but even with this slow thumb drive, USB 2 makes a humungous difference (7-8X) vs. USB 1.1.

 

[AIWGuru]

Originally posted by: Eug

Originally posted by: stickybytes
Is a Ilink port compatiable with all firewire/1394 devices? I asked a guy at radioshack and he said not neccesarily since sony created it.

Sony did not create it. (Apple did.) Sony just licenced it and named it differently.

The iLink port that you find on Sony laptops is a 4-pin IEEE 1394 Firewire port. 100% compatible.

Originally posted by: SUOrangeman
I'm trying to wait for a FW800+USB2 card. Granted, I don't have a need for either right now.

Well, I just benched USB 2 vs. USB 1.1 with something as simple (and slow) as a USB thumb drive. It makes a HUGE difference.

256 MB Lexar JumpDrive Sport, with 51650 KB (50.4 MB) file:

USB write: 59 s (0.85 MB/s)
USB read: 48 s (1.1 MB/s)

USB 2.0 write: 8 s (6.3 MB/s)
USB 2.0 read: 6 s (8.4 MB/s)

I once performed similar benchmarks on a compact flash card in my internal reader on the internal USB 1.1 headers and the external USB 2.0 cable. The results were similar.