Why do I ~need~ Firewire and what the #@%*& does it do?

[Kirkland]

What does "Firewire" actually do?

 

[MacFromOK]

You might check this site:

http://developer.apple.com/hardware/FireWire/

and especially the link labeled:

Learn more about IEEE 1394 and FireWire

 

[TechGuy]

Basically, it's USB but really fast... used for external hard drives, CD-RW, video cameras, etc...

It's also called the 1394 standard. If you really want to get technical, check out the IEEE paper on it: http://computer.org/multimedia/articles/firewire.htm

 

[Kirkland]

Originally posted by TechGuy
Basically, it's USB but really fast... used for external hard drives, CD-RW, video cameras, etc...

It's also called the 1394 standard. If you really want to get technical, check out the IEEE paper on it: http://computer.org/multimedia/articles/firewire.htm

Thanks to both of you!