This site may help you decide:
http://www.directron.com/firewirevsusb.html
Allan
PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really cool
about it).
Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
confused mass of energy, have created.
-Disturb the mind -
>From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Yes, he is finally installing a back up drive and has two
>questions.Any answers?
>Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:37:47 EST
>
>
>No, I haven't lost another 18 months worth of images and yes, I have
>actually attached a 250 GB Western Digital My Book Premium Edition (I liked
>the
>packaging) to my computer. Figured after I successfully hooked the GPS I
>got for
>Christmas up to my car, I could probably figure out how to hock the drive
>up that had been sitting on my table for 6 or 7 months. It was almost has
>hard at the GPS which required sticking it to the windshield and plugging
>it
>into the power outlet. Only took a few days to work up to doing that one.
>
>I've looked at the instructions and have figured out how to back my images
>up and schedule a back up. Included in the box (actually on the drive) was
>some software from Google, one part of which was Picasa. Anybody have any
>idea
>about the usefulness of this program? I also have an option of using a
>firewire connection as opposed to the USB. Any compelling reason to use
>the
>firewire as opposed to the USB?
>
><{8^) Bill Barber
>
>
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