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Originally Posted by booman  Firewire= 400Mps
USB 2 = 480Mps
The newer Firewire IEEE-1934b has transfer rates of 800, 1600, 3100 Mbps
they are even devloping a USB 3.0 |
In theory, USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire 400. However, in practice that rarely holds out to be true. The way that the two systems work lends FW better to large file transfers while USB might be a little faster than FW on multiple small files. Of course eSATA is way faster than either of those (though less mainstream) and should be the current interface of choice for the speed demons around here.