#COMPARE FIREWIRE 800 TO USB 3.0 LICENSE#
Other companies are all too glad to step in but.if Apple wants universal adoption of an interface they'll have to stop expecting a boatload of cash to license it. Of course, this was anecdotal information from an un-named Intel engineer but the fact remains there are no Intel USB3 chipsets/drivers publicly available now or on the near term. I'd wager Intel being a major partner of Apple would be a little miffed if Apple started using non-Intel USB3 chipsets in their product.īut I read an article the other day (I think it was Ars Technica or Anandtech, I forget which) where the word that Intel's USB3 chipsets have been delayed have caused numerous grumbling in the tech world about the delay. When I was at Microcenter they had what you said but they also had firewire800, firewire400 and network-based cases but none were really targeted at Mac.Īll of the new USB3 cases you're seeing are running non Intel chipsets. It wouldn't surprise me if most of the customers there didn't even know what FireWire was and had never seen a FireWire device. I was at MicroCenter the other day and they had many USB 3.0 and USB/eSATA external enclosures on display, but not a single FireWire one. I guarantee FW16/3200 will never see the light of day. Has anybody even announced a FW3200 device, let alone a FW3200 controller? USB 3.0 will lock up the market by virtue of universal penetration, aided by Intel's decision to have no FW support on its standard chipsets.
#COMPARE FIREWIRE 800 TO USB 3.0 PORTABLE#
How was the FW consortium to get Intel to include FW3200 support, when Intel wouldn't use FW400 and instead went with the grossly inferior USB2, using its near-monopoly position to make USB essentially completely displace FireWire? With 90+% of all computers unable to use it, to whom were FW3200 device manufacturers going to sell their products? Interface: 1 x USB 3.0 port (USB 2.0 compatible) and 2 x Firewire 800 ports AES 256-bit encryption keeps your files secure Enhanced speed and connectivity You can compare price LaCie Rugged Hard Disk Triple 500 GB 7200 rpm USB 3.0 Firewire 800 (2x) Portable Hard Drive 301983 befor to buy. I bet the FW consortium realized FW3200 was already DOA and there was no point in developing any products based on it. Never forget that USB is an Intel standard. There is simply no use case for Light Peak no matter its technical merit. Ethernet over copper is good to at least 10G using Cat6.
HDMI device manufacturers have spent too much money pushing the technical disaster that is HDMI to get consumers to switch to an interconnect that obsoletes all their hardware. Mark my words, Light Peak will never be anything but vaporware. Click to expand.Has anybody even announced a FW3200 device, let alone a FW3200 controller? USB 3.0 will lock up the market by virtue of universal penetration, aided by Intel's decision to have no FW support on its standard chipsets.
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