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In Reply to: Re: Great response...one question posted by xmasparty@mac.com on November 2, 2005 at 17:30:01:
xmasparty, USB2 has higher burst transfer rate. However, Firewire has higher sustainable transfer rate. You are right, for WAV it does not make any difference. For video, Firewire is a weapon of choice.
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Bobp is correct, Firewire is the choice for very large files such as those typically found in digital video and photography. If this was a choice between USb2 and FW800, FW would be the clear winner - and is the de facto standard at most digital studios.But in the specific case of the Mac Mini, IMHO the much higher data rates make USB2 is a better choice for large files when compared to Firewire 400 which is what the Mini offers. (I am going to make a wild leap here and guess that anyone putting some photos on a Mini is not exactly pushing 100Mb multi-layer files down the pipe...)
Plus, from a pecuniary point of view, FW400 can safely be considered a dying standard while USB2 is the king of the hill - meaning a lot more choices and a lot more aggressive discounting.
For the purpose of serving music across an Ethernet connection the usb1 spec is more than sufficient. Given this, the added bandwidth of fire wire, usb2, sata is purely academic.And like I originally said, the OS platform and its supporting hardware has zero bearing on sound quality if one is running a Slimserver/SB.
it is true - but that is not what the Mini comes with...as for SATA - I will never go back to Firewire for anything but back-up - this has nothing to do with speed (which is nice but not necessary here) and everything to do with the fact that my devices behave like they are supposed to - FILO, FOLI, hard start, hard crash, makes no never mind
noise (if it's located in the same room), and size does....Remember, - it's not the hard drive that "plays" the music or even delivers it, - but the whole computer.
Our "Server" is in the basement. It has more to do with the amount of RAM memory + processor speed.
One can connect an Ethernet cable to the file server, - or use their airport as we do, - and have 1 gig of RAM powerbook G4 and a simple little 6 gig HD on an IBook or MAC Mini.
The hard drive is just a storage bin
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