Star The New 12" Powerbook: Slick and Sexy, But Not Without its Faults
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Feb 2003 19:02 UTC
Apple My CTX AMD K6-300/128 MB RAM/3 GB drive laptop is obviously at the end of its life. I was in the "shopping" process for a laptop for 2 months now, and I considered a number of PC laptops, including the Compaq Presario 1525US. At the end, I decided to get the new 12" Powerbook, came in last week, and I am since then using it as my primary machine. Here is what I think about it.
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brad- why should i care about usb 2?
by appleforever on Mon 10th Feb 2003 05:29 UTC

The stuff I hook up to usb now - keyboard, gamepad, midi - it all works fine and there is no overloading. Hopefully more stuff will go bluetooth and less usb connection will even be required for things like PDAs, GPS, phones, even keyboards and mice.

So usb 2 is better for drives than usb 1. But if I am going to buy an external hard drive or optical drive, I sure as hell am going to buy a firewire one. There's plenty available, especially in hard drives. If I wanted something new here, I would go firewire 800, not usb. It's not as good according to numerous tests and it lacks sufficient power so you end up needed more power cords and transformers