Re: Help! (Question for Computer Savvy Types)

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:24 PM, John Crawford <[email protected]> wrote:

> First off, the Best Buy salesman is just trying to make a sale.   Never
> trust them to know everything about everything.   Not saying I know anything
> about this technology, but I'm really skeptical.
>

Yes. My impression is that even when USB can match Firewire speeds it is
still limited in other ways. So the adapter will let you connect a USB drive
to a Firewire port, but that's not the whole story. Most people wouldn't
notice this, but for editing you'd be concerned more about consistant
throughput and not having the connection degrade when chaining or hubbing
devices together.


> Second, assuming that she spent around $140 (the going rate of the 2tb
> Seagate GoFlex drive at BestBuy) plus $20 for the adaptor, maybe she can
> take it back, and then order something online.  Under $200 is a bit of a
> stretch, but there are some options.
>

Last time I went shopping Best Buy had drives with both Firewire and USB
ports, that were maybe $20 more. Don't know if you have more than one Best
Buy near you, but you might shop around to see if any have one in stock.

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