Which connection-usb or firewire.

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I now have a USB 2.0 and firewire capable system. I also have both a USB 2.0
and firewire capable scanner and external hard drive. I will be scanning
lots of photos (high resolution so I can edit) directly (software aided) on
to the hard drive. Am I better off putting them both on same input (USB or
firewire), or on different ones (one USB and one firewire), and which way.

KSB
 
KSB said:
I now have a USB 2.0 and firewire capable system. I also have both a
USB 2.0 and firewire capable scanner and external hard drive. I will
be scanning lots of photos (high resolution so I can edit) directly
(software aided) on to the hard drive. Am I better off putting them
both on same input (USB or firewire), or on different ones (one USB
and one firewire), and which way.

KSB
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Read the information available at your device manufacturers web sites first
before you make a permanent decision.
I would install them via separate types of connections [i.e., one Firewire,
the other USB 2.0, so that they avoid sharing the available thruput (is that
a real word) from just one type]. I would start with the Scanner hooked up
via Firewire (this guess is based simply on the fact more video/digital
devices seem to lean toward Firewire for some reason. They must know
something) and the external Hard Drive via USB 2.0. You can try switching
them around since, frankly, I doubt that there is any noticeable difference.
 
USB 2.0 has a throughput of 480 MB/s while Firewire has a throughput of
400 MB/s. So technically USB 2.0 is going to be a little faster, but I
doubt that you will notice any difference. I would use USB 2.0 as I
have found support for it to be better in Windows. On the flipside, it
seems that Firewire has much better support in Macs.

Nathan McNulty

Gene said:
KSB said:
I now have a USB 2.0 and firewire capable system. I also have both a
USB 2.0 and firewire capable scanner and external hard drive. I will
be scanning lots of photos (high resolution so I can edit) directly
(software aided) on to the hard drive. Am I better off putting them
both on same input (USB or firewire), or on different ones (one USB
and one firewire), and which way.

KSB
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Read the information available at your device manufacturers web sites first
before you make a permanent decision.
I would install them via separate types of connections [i.e., one Firewire,
the other USB 2.0, so that they avoid sharing the available thruput (is that
a real word) from just one type]. I would start with the Scanner hooked up
via Firewire (this guess is based simply on the fact more video/digital
devices seem to lean toward Firewire for some reason. They must know
something) and the external Hard Drive via USB 2.0. You can try switching
them around since, frankly, I doubt that there is any noticeable difference.
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