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[JLH3]

How do I do a complete backup of MJ with all my songs on my external hard drive?  I have invested hundreds of hours and I want the assurance of knowing I have an additional copy.

Thanks.

[KingSparta]

buy a firewire card, and a 160gig fire wire drive and use MJ to copy all the files to it.

all for under $50

[Mysticeti]

USB 2.0 seems to be all the rage these days.  I know that the max throughput of USB 2.0 is slightly higher than FireWire but I don't if there are any "real world" performance differences.

The stores in my area seem to be favoring USB 2.0 over FireWire.  From all appearances it would seem FireWire is on it's way out (with the possible exception of DV based camcorders).

[KingSparta]

well there does seem to be a push in USB the new gateway 700xl computers, baseline 2,999 have 6 USB ports a few are usb2 and the rest are usb1

[Scronch]

>From all appearances it would seem FireWire is on it's way out

I'm not so sure about that.  As handheld devices begin to rule, peer-to-peer may become king.  Consider this:  "Given that their speeds are now roughly identical, the big difference remaining between FireWire and USB 2.0 is that USB 2.0 is host-based, meaning that devices must connect to a computer in order to communicate. FireWire is peer-to-peer, meaning that two FireWire cameras can talk to each other without going through a computer."

This is shown graphically at http://www.genitech.com.au/LIBRARY/TechSupport/infobits/firewire_vs_usb.htm

Scronch

[Mysticeti]

Scronch - I agree that FireWire has lots going for it.  But for some reason Intel has yet to produce a chipset that supports onboard FireWire (perhaps because FireWire is peer-to-peer and doesn't need a host computer?).  The number of mobos out there with built in FireWire is still very limited despite FireWire being available for how long now?  Yet virtually every mobo out there has USB support (and lots of it 6 ports are not uncommon).

Sure it's simple to add a FireWire card to a PC but the average PC user is going to be reluctant to open up their case.

The good news is that most of the mainstream PC vendors have added FireWire support as a configurable option.  But it's rarely the default and it may be too little too late.

I'd like to see FireWire succeed.  But I have my doubts about it's future now that (on paper at least) USB has matched it's speed.

[JimH]

I believe that there is a royalty involved for firewire, too.