connecting firewire...... ???

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Advid

....I want to add an external hard disk and external DVD writer to my PC....
If these have a choice of either USB2 or Firewire - does one outweigh the
other ???

.... is firewire connection the same as USB (Win XP home) - ie... do I just
plug in and Win will see the 'extra' drives... or do I need any extra
software/CD to install it ????
 
There is a pont in favour of Firewire [on some systems] in that it could be
faster.

However Universal Serial Bus is just that! Much more flexibility and
versatility!
 
I have a CD burner and ran the Nero test using the burner on my
Firewire ports and the same test on USB 2.0 and the USB was faster!

I would just go with the USB 2.0

Wayne
There is a pont in favour of Firewire [on some systems] in that it
could be faster.

However Universal Serial Bus is just that! Much more flexibility and
versatility!

Advid said:
....I want to add an external hard disk and external DVD writer to
my PC.... If these have a choice of either USB2 or Firewire - does
one outweigh the other ???

.... is firewire connection the same as USB (Win XP home) - ie...
do I just plug in and Win will see the 'extra' drives... or do I
need any extra software/CD to install it ????
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