[DM-MUG] new albook codename

[jim Lagnese]

USB 2.0 is not busmaster and so it's speed depends on the performance of the
computer. FW is busmaster, so it doesn't matter so much or at all.

Jim

> From: Allen Huffman <allenhuffman@mailblocks.com>
> Reply-To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:56:43 -0800
> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] new albook codename
> 
> AlBook is what I have been using; I've ran into the same situation you
> are having.  Did previous TiBooks have FW800, though?  I think if you
> check Apple's support pages, they have something they tag onto it --
> like FW800 or something?  (My first TiBook was the original model from
> 2001, so I don't remember if the older TiBook ever got FW800).
> 
> Speaking of -- I picked up a 160GB drive from CompUSA ($60 after
> rebate) a few weeks ago.  My WD enclosure was dead so I bought another
> one.  This one supports USB 2.0 and Firewire 400.  I ran some
> benchmarks and the USB 2.0 was noticeable slower than FW400.  A PC
> friend of mine claims USB 2.0 is supposed to be faster -- is the Apple
> implemention just not up to speed, or is there something else going on?
> 
>    -- A
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Von Ahsen <barry@vonahsen.com>
> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:46:44 -0600
> Subject: [DM-MUG] new albook codename
> 
> what is the codename for the newer Al powerbooks? (ie Pismo,
> Wallstreet,  etc?) I've got the newer 1Ghz G4 12" from the fall with
> the mini-DVI.  Is there a term I can google for that won't bring up the
> older 867Mhz ones, or is albook the best there is?
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