if you are looking at setting up an external HDD setup these days i would go down the line of an e-sata setup this has the efect of moving an  internal HDD (speed wise) - externaly  
all else i would stick with USB2 as just about all computers around today suport USB 1 or 2, not to many with firewire, you should only look a firewire if you have a camcorder with that conection..

raymond rynehart




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> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:34:24 -0800
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] USB vs. Firewire
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> The specs for USB 2 show a faster transfer rate (480Mbps) than Firewire
> (400Mbps). However, I have read some comments that for an external hard
> drive, the Firewire interface seems to give better performance. Has anyone
> on this list had experience with both so as to make some comments regarding
> the speed?
>  
> Thank you,
>  
> Peter
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