connecting firewire...... ???

[Advid]

....I want to add an external hard disk and external DVD writer to my PC....
If these have a choice of either USB2 or Firewire - does one outweigh the
other ???

.... is firewire connection the same as USB (Win XP home) - ie... do I just
plug in and Win will see the 'extra' drives... or do I need any extra
software/CD to install it ????

 

[Guest]

There is a pont in favour of Firewire [on some systems] in that it could be
faster.

However Universal Serial Bus is just that! Much more flexibility and
versatility!

 

[wayne]

I have a CD burner and ran the Nero test using the burner on my
Firewire ports and the same test on USB 2.0 and the USB was faster!

I would just go with the USB 2.0

Wayne

There is a pont in favour of Firewire [on some systems] in that it
could be faster.

However Universal Serial Bus is just that! Much more flexibility and
versatility!

....I want to add an external hard disk and external DVD writer to
my PC.... If these have a choice of either USB2 or Firewire - does
one outweigh the other ???

.... is firewire connection the same as USB (Win XP home) - ie...
do I just plug in and Win will see the 'extra' drives... or do I
need any extra software/CD to install it ????