No they dont thats a bloody lie Ewm they dont release stuff before PC

Dvd was at the same time and PC got Usb first if i remember rightly cause firewire is an apple thing and usb was the counter

Internal zip drives who the **** would want one of them i used to have zip disks and they were terrible Jazz disks on the other hand were useful too bad they died out

so dont talk ****  

Do you know anything at all seriously get your facts straight

Firewire is an apple standard and wasnt available on the Pc for along time because Usb was mainly on the PC so dont talk ****

Zip disks were not better than Jazz disks and they wernt even that good either Zip disks were a waste of time , And dont talk **** about Dvd being on mac first cause i can guarantee you your wrong about that

Well USB 1.0 was slow and was not good for transfering big files.

ummmm.... I not shere you have all the facts...

FireWire - Still the Performance King!

Question: USB 2.0 is faster than FireWire...right?
Answer: No, actually FireWire is faster than USB 2.0.

Question: Hold on...USB 2.0 is a 480 Mbps interface and FireWire is a 400 Mbps interface, how can FireWire be faster?
Answer: Raw throughput rating numbers alone don't tell the whole story, as explained below.

The throughput numbers would lead you to believe that USB 2.0 provides better performance.  But, differences in the architecture of the two interfaces have a huge impact on the actual sustained "real world" throughput.  And for those seeking high-performance, sustained throughput is what it's all about (reading and writing files to an external hard drive for example).
 
Architecture - FireWire vs. USB 2.0
 
   FireWire, built from the ground up for speed, uses a "Peer-to-Peer" architecture in which the peripherals are intelligent and can negotiate bus conflicts to determine which device can best control a data transfer
 

USB 2.0 uses a "Master-Slave" architecture in which the computer handles all arbitration functions and dictates data flow to, from and between the attached peripherals (adding additional system overhead and resulting in slower, less-efficient data flow control)
 
   Performance Comparison - FireWire vs. USB 2.0  
   Read and write tests to the same IDE hard drive connected using FireWire and then USB 2.0 show:
 
    Read Test:  
   5000 files (300 MB total) FireWire was 33% faster than USB 2.0
160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 70% faster than USB 2.0
 
       Write Test:  
   5000 files (300 MB total) FireWire was 16% faster than USB 2.0
160 files (650MB total) FireWire was 48% faster than USB 2.0
 
   FireWire - Still the Performance King!
As the performance comparison shown above confirms, FireWire remains the performance leader.  And is the best choice for DV camcorders, digital audio and video devices, external hard drives, high-performance DVD burners and any other device that demands continuous high performance throughput.  

http://www.cwol.com/firewire/firewire-vs-usb.htm

 

Ya I do agree thay USB has its use it a very usefule option.

Not true all most all graphic desinser use is I have 2 fier wire HDs. eny one how has to use large files aritecs, enganers, sintests, and uthers.

Well only people how have a need for the exstra speed would buy tham. Your frends dont seem to need the exstra speed good for tham thay will save  $$.

Well thay did not buy one so thay must not have felt the exstra speed was werth the price. Thare are alot of people how think it is. Ipods run on fier wier or USB thare is a good amount of people how use fiere wire. a Ipod is basicly a meny HD eny whay.