Peripherals, FireWire vs Macintosh (was Re: HP C3180)

[LuKreme]

On 2-Apr-2007, at 18:58, Alex Satrapa wrote:
> On 03/04/2007, at 04:13 , Dan Shoop wrote:
>> At 9:53 PM -0600 4/1/07, LuKreme wrote:
>>>  My 3G iPod is on firewire, and I used to have a firewire HD  
>>> case, but it crapped out.  The keyboard is BT, but Logitech does  
>>> not make a BT Trackman.
>>
>> But other vendors make BT devices too.
>
> Show me an input peripheral made by someone other than Logitech  
> that I would be prepared to use 18 hours a day.

No one makes anything like the Trackman in a BT variety.  Not even  
close.

> Of about 50 keyboards I've looked at in the past few months, only  
> Logitech ones have been satisfactory to my needs. There is, of  
> course, the "elite" keyboard (all black, clicky keys) but it's not  
> available anywhere that I can get my hands on it to try.

I like the Apple wireless keyboard, but I use my Matias clacketty  
one. still the wieless keybaord is very convenient.  When I'm laid up  
in bed, I use the Apple BT mouse as well, but I hate every minute of it.

> On the FireWire issue: the IEEE standard specifies that all  
> equipment should use 33V for power. Most devices on the market are  
> designed fro 25V for whatever reason. Macs typically have 33V  
> supplies. 50% higher voltage means 50% more current, and thus FW  
> devices burning out or crashing. More trivia I've osmosed while  
> trying to diagnose problems with my D-Link and LaCie FW devices (my  
> LaCie BigDisk d2 Extreme FW interface burned out) :\

Most drive enclosures anymore are USB 2.  IPods are USB 2.  Printers  
have USB conenctions, as well as card readers.  A lot more USB  
devices than Firewire.

That said, my next purchase will likely be a Firewire 800 enclosure  
that I can my my 300GB into.


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