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Title: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:24:27 PM
do they make internal ones for the back of your computer? I'd like one with like 5+ usb ports on the back of my computer. And really, do people use firewire anymore? I'm going to get a media reader for my new computer so I can read all the different types of memory cards I have and all of them have firewire, is firewire supposed to be faster then USB or something? I assume they could have just made them USB.

psyduck;
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: ncba93ivyase on September 06, 2007, 04:25:29 PM
Firewire is used a lot for video cameras. Transfer speeds of Firewire 800>USB by a long shot.
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Title27GT on September 06, 2007, 04:25:32 PM
Quote from: Reefer on September 06, 2007, 04:24:27 PM
And really, do people use firewire anymore?
Fuck yes they do  psyduck;
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: guff on September 06, 2007, 04:26:33 PM
uh, you mean a pci card  psyduck;
yeah of course

yes, firewire is almost twice as fast, in theory
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:27:09 PM
Quote from: Title on September 06, 2007, 04:25:32 PM
Fuck yes they do  psyduck;
I just take out the memory stick and plug it in but my new camera uses something different. Saves precious battery life.

Everyone who has USB hubs here have external ones huh
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:27:50 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on September 06, 2007, 04:26:33 PM
uh, you mean a pci card  psyduck;
yeah of course

yes, firewire is almost twice as fast, in theory
Yeah, thats what it's called  caterpie;

Back to Newegg.
I just finished a lot of work around my house so I'm closer to getting my computer ^__^
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Snorkel on September 06, 2007, 04:28:11 PM
Yeah, I'm sure you could find something like that that just goes into a PCI slot.

And yes people use FireWire... it's much faster than USB, and really there's no point in not using it for external drives and video cameras, among other things.
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:30:28 PM
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on September 06, 2007, 04:28:11 PM
Yeah, I'm sure you could find something like that that just goes into a PCI slot.

And yes people use FireWire... it's much faster than USB, and really there's no point in not using it for external drives and video cameras, among other things.
Couldn't they use this for iPods? 160gbs will take a while to fill  powerofone;
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Daddy on September 06, 2007, 04:30:58 PM
lol u windowsfag
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: ncba93ivyase on September 06, 2007, 04:31:04 PM
Quote from: Reefer on September 06, 2007, 04:30:28 PM
Couldn't they use this for iPods? 160gbs will take a while to fill  powerofone;
It was used for iPods... until Apple started supporting Windows. :'(
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Title27GT on September 06, 2007, 04:31:58 PM
Quote from: JMV290 on September 06, 2007, 04:30:58 PM
lol u windowsfag
oh god, here comes JMV with his mac  gonk;
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Daddy on September 06, 2007, 04:32:32 PM
Quote from: Title on September 06, 2007, 04:31:58 PM
oh god, here comes JMV with his mac  gonk;
reaper started it by calling me a macfag.
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:33:18 PM
Quote from: JMV290 on September 06, 2007, 04:30:58 PM
lol u windowsfag
I has to play all of the FPS games I've missed out on with this shitty ass video card I have.

$1000 for a computer that would cost $1500+ from anywhere else? DO WANT
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Snorkel on September 06, 2007, 04:33:44 PM
Quote from: Lawlz on September 06, 2007, 04:31:04 PM
It was used for iPods... until Apple started supporting Windows. :'(


They had USB cables back then too, and nifty two-in-one cables, which I still have one of... however, iTunes no longer recognizes iPods connected via FireWire. poppy;
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Daddy on September 06, 2007, 04:34:30 PM
FireWire is fast.
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Blaze-Senpai on September 06, 2007, 04:35:23 PM
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on September 06, 2007, 04:33:44 PM
They had USB cables back then too, and nifty two-in-one cables, which I still have one of... however, iTunes no longer recognizes iPods connected via FireWire. poppy;
pwnt

wait wtf?
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:36:55 PM
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on September 06, 2007, 04:33:44 PM
They had USB cables back then too, and nifty two-in-one cables, which I still have one of... however, iTunes no longer recognizes iPods connected via FireWire. poppy;
Bad idea Apple, 160gbs takes forever to fill with USB. My 20gb took a long time too  psyduck;
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Snorkel on September 06, 2007, 04:38:28 PM
Quote from: Reefer on September 06, 2007, 04:36:55 PM
Bad idea Apple, 160gbs takes forever to fill with USB. My 20gb took a long time too  psyduck;


Fortunately  there are very few people who have 160gb of media to put on their shiny new 160gb's right off the bat, and even if they do, they'd only be doing it once, and just updating after that.
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Title27GT on September 06, 2007, 04:38:41 PM
Quote from: JMV290 on September 06, 2007, 04:32:32 PM
reaper started it by calling me a macfag.
shh, don't let him get to you, honey. We're better than that, remember?
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: Blaze-Senpai on September 06, 2007, 04:38:50 PM
Quote from: Reefer on September 06, 2007, 04:36:55 PM
Bad idea Apple, 160gbs takes forever to fill with USB. My 20gb took a long time too  psyduck;
USB 1.1 or 2.0?
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:45:20 PM
Quote from: Blaziken Prince on September 06, 2007, 04:38:50 PM
USB 1.1 or 2.0?
2.0
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:47:07 PM
Quote from: This Apparatus Must Be Snorkel on September 06, 2007, 04:38:28 PM
Fortunately  there are very few people who have 160gb of media to put on their shiny new 160gb's right off the bat, and even if they do, they'd only be doing it once, and just updating after that.
Yeah, I thought of that too but it'd piss me off if I bought one of those and couldn't use it because it'd be transferring the whole night. I have 80gbs of music and around 30gbs of video (video I'd want to put on it too, music videos specifically, stuff I can watch over and over and still enjoy)

Also does iTunes have a converter for videos yet? If it does I'd so use it on my PSP  caterpie;
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: guff on September 06, 2007, 04:49:04 PM
Quote from: Reefer on September 06, 2007, 04:36:55 PM
Bad idea Apple, 160gbs takes forever to fill with USB.
uh are you implying that the ipod's drive has a write speed exceeding 480 mbps
Title: Re: USB hubs
Post by: The artist formally known on September 06, 2007, 04:52:10 PM
Quote from: Commodore Guff on September 06, 2007, 04:49:04 PM
uh are you implying that the ipod's drive has a write speed exceeding 480 mbps
I wouldn't know, don't spend all my time looking up iPod specs  powerofone;

Whateva, if I ever get a huge hard drive on a MP3 player like Snorkel said, I'd probably fill it op only once and add new albums every once and a while.