PCI Express is far more than an upgrade slot for video cards!
Firewire and USB do not compete. Other than being serial interfaces they have little in common.
Delaying USB2 would have very little impact on Firewire2. USB was delay simply because there was not a rush to marke tfor this technology. Even now USB2 support is spotty at best and even products that claim to be USB2 compatible don't fully take advantage of USB2. There was more to the delay of USB2 than first meets the eye, blaming it all on Firewire2 is a bit misleading.
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Originally posted by atomicham
I think you are confusing PCI-X and PCI-Express as competitors. They are more akin to PCI and AGP today. PCI-Express is meant for video cards and capture cards. PCI-X is meant for the general upgrade cards.
PCI-X is the future of PCI. PCI-Express is the future of AGP. They just share similar names. USB2 is a competitor of Firewire 1, but, Firewire 2 is far superior to USB2, and they aren't really competitors. There is overlap, but, Firewire2 is for high bandwidth devices, USB2 is for general utility devices. The reason Apple delayed on USB2 was to get Firewire2 out and established...
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Firewire and USB do not compete. Other than being serial interfaces they have little in common.
Delaying USB2 would have very little impact on Firewire2. USB was delay simply because there was not a rush to marke tfor this technology. Even now USB2 support is spotty at best and even products that claim to be USB2 compatible don't fully take advantage of USB2. There was more to the delay of USB2 than first meets the eye, blaming it all on Firewire2 is a bit misleading.
Originally posted by atomicham
I think you are confusing PCI-X and PCI-Express as competitors. They are more akin to PCI and AGP today. PCI-Express is meant for video cards and capture cards. PCI-X is meant for the general upgrade cards.
PCI-X is the future of PCI. PCI-Express is the future of AGP. They just share similar names. USB2 is a competitor of Firewire 1, but, Firewire 2 is far superior to USB2, and they aren't really competitors. There is overlap, but, Firewire2 is for high bandwidth devices, USB2 is for general utility devices. The reason Apple delayed on USB2 was to get Firewire2 out and established...