USB 1.1 on new Macs

Posted:
in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I was looking at scanners and the better have USB 2.0 connections.

Do even the new Mirror Drive macs only have 1.1 USB technology?



If so, WHY?



I'm sure this has been discussed but I couldn't find the topic... and I'm looking at to buy a scanner...

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    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    Probably because Apple want to push Firewire more than USB 2.0, until 1394b comes out. The thinking probably goes that people see the bit rates and that the max. throughput of USB 2.0 is greater than that of Firewire 1 and go for USB 2.0 devices.



    Does almost any PCi 2.0 card work in Macs, like USB 1 cards?
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