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Summary: Hedge your bets against technological inflation
Review: It's surprising that this amazingly useful device hasn't yet caught on. Everyone is so wrapped up in the wonders of USB that they've not yet been distracted by the even faster standard just offstage. Firewire (also known by its Sony trademark, "iLink", or the generic PC term, "IEEE 1394") offers speeds that shame USB, and give up none of USB's famed ease-of-use.What this device does, specifically, is turn your USB 250mb Zip Drive into its faster SCSI sibling. Until this arrived, you had to trade in the portability and cross-platform performance of a USB drive if you wanted a truly fast experience. Now, though, you can have both. Is it worth paying the money for? Probably not, if all you keep on ZIP disks are backup files, text and simple graphics. But if you regularly use your Zip with files larger than 10mb, it's worth plunging into the pocketbook for. Even if one of your target PCs doesn't have a Firewire port (and many PCs still don't), you can simply remove the adaptor and temporarily go back to USB. Soon, Firewire will be the standard USB is now, so this purchase is like an insurance policy against technological change. Get it, and you'll have the flexibility to have the fastest possible connection on any computer you might encounter--at least until they come up with something faster than Firewire.
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Summary: Hedge your bets against technological inflation
Review: It's surprising that this amazingly useful device hasn't yet caught on. Everyone is so wrapped up in the wonders of USB that they've not yet been distracted by the even faster standard just offstage. Firewire (also known by its Sony trademark, "iLink", or the generic PC term, "IEEE 1394") offers speeds that shame USB, and give up none of USB's famed ease-of-use. What this device does, specifically, is turn your USB 250mb Zip Drive into its faster SCSI sibling. Until this arrived, you had to trade in the portability and cross-platform performance of a USB drive if you wanted a truly fast experience. Now, though, you can have both. Is it worth paying the money for? Probably not, if all you keep on ZIP disks are backup files, text and simple graphics. But if you regularly use your Zip with files larger than 10mb, it's worth plunging into the pocketbook for. Even if one of your target PCs doesn't have a Firewire port (and many PCs still don't), you can simply remove the adaptor and temporarily go back to USB. Soon, Firewire will be the standard USB is now, so this purchase is like an insurance policy against technological change. Get it, and you'll have the flexibility to have the fastest possible connection on any computer you might encounter--at least until they come up with something faster than Firewire.
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Summary: Firewire cardbus users be warned
Review: this adapter will not work with the firewire cardbus cards made for the powerbook G3 series. Iomega tech supports says that they do not support third party devices. I would not recommend this product unless you have built-in firewire ports on your computer
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