Yes, FireWire is Faster Than USB
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 30. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
This should not come as a shock to anyone, as it has been proven before, but let me take this moment to say that, yes, despite their rated speeds, 400-megabit FireWire S400 (aka IEEE 1394) is faster than 480-megabit USB 2.0.
While swapping out disk drives (first to upgrade the internal drive in my MacBook Pro [...]
Custom Icons Keep Removable Drives Straight
Posted by Stephen in Personal, Terabyte home on 27. May, 2008 | View Comments
Update: I have created another page for custom drive icons in Mac OS X
If you’re like most people, you have accumulated a large number of removable USB storage devices over the years, from flash-based thumb drives to external hard disks. I have seven of these things sitting on my desk or in by laptop bag [...]
