On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:

> FluxerIIxi@... wrote:
> 
> > I have a CD RW 4x4x16 and I love it. I have to disconnect it from my G3 when
> > not using it and attach to my LC II because of SCSI problems, but I really
> > really love it. As for the USB version if there is one, I imagine that it
> > would be god awful slow. I still don't know why Apple went to USB, it sucks.
> > SCSI is the real winner.
> 
> Hi Matt,
> 
> I dunno, that hot-swap sure saves me a lot of time moving a Printer between a
> G4 and an iMac, and it sure seems fast to me. Is it really slower? I thought
> all the PR said it was faster.
> 
> Joe Wilkins

Firewire replaced SCSI.  USB replaced the serial ports.  Comparing USB to
SCSI in terms of speed isn't really a fair comparison.  USB does have the
bandwidth to do CD burning reliably at about 2x, but I've been searching a
long time for one that burns well at 4x and while many USB burners support
it, they pretty much just give you coasters most of the time.  I don't
have any info about Firewire burners though.

USB and Firewire are cheaper and easier to use than SCSI.  And Firewire is
generally much much faster than the SCSI ports built in on your old macs.
That is why Apple went with them.

-D