Reuter: Ipod article : don't they have some technical reviewer?

[hoihtah]

check this article out from reuter.

pluggedIn: New iPod Highlights Old Dilemma for PCs

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Both the FireWire standard (technically known as IEEE 1394) and the new USB 2.0 connector offer data transfer rates in excess of 400 million bytes per second, far faster than current USB and other peripheral standards.

By way of comparison, a basic uncompressed CD can hold about 650 megabytes of data, and a standard DVD can hold anywhere from 4.7 gigabytes to 17 gigabytes. In other words, just under two seconds to transfer an entire CD and less than half a minute for a full DVD.
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they originally had 400 million bits per second.
and i guess someone told them that they have the figures wrong... or something.
so they changed it to 400 million bytes per second.

a double wammy

someone explain to them the difference between Mbps and MBps.

i'd love to see a full cd transfer in under 2 sec though.

 

[hoihtah]

ok... now they've switched back to 400 million bits per second.



but still kept the under 2 second thing.

 

[DaveSimmons]

400 Mbps = 13 seconds for a 650 MB CD, not bad. Transferring an MP3'd CD should be under 2 seconds.

Though if 100 Mbps ethernet is any guide, you won't get more than half that speed.

 

[hoihtah]

i guess no one else reads reuters... eh?

or is picky enough to care.

 

[hoihtah]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
400 Mbps = 13 seconds for a 650 MB CD, not bad. Transferring an MP3'd CD should be under 2 seconds.

Though if 100 Mbps ethernet is any guide, you won't get more than half that speed.

wow... how do you figure 2 sec?

are you saying a full cd 650 MB encoded into mp3... resulting in something around 70MB... and the transfer speed of 70MB would be around 2 sec?

i guess if that's what they mean... they're not completely off.

but still very misleading.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: hoihtah

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
400 Mbps = 13 seconds for a 650 MB CD, not bad. Transferring an MP3'd CD should be under 2 seconds.

Though if 100 Mbps ethernet is any guide, you won't get more than half that speed.

wow... how do you figure 2 sec?

are you saying a full cd 650 MB encoded into mp3... resulting in something around 70MB... and the transfer speed of 70MB would be around 2 sec?

i guess if that's what they mean... they're not completely off.

but still very misleading.

I doubt it's what they mean I think they just confused bits and bytes. But yes, an MP3-encoded CD would be 50-100 MB depending on quality, so low quality MP3's or high-quality short ones could copy that fast.