SATA or IDE USB 2.0 Cable Converter with Power Supply

Jul 29, 2008 | 6 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed As time goes on, hardware does evolve. It’s likely if you buy a computer these days, you may not be able to connect some of your older devices. I was recently in that position, and found myself looking for an uber [...]

Which is Faster: USB or FireWire?

May 26, 2007 | 19 Comments

In response to the general question (which is faster, FireWire or USB), jorowi posts a follow-up video explaining that there, indeed, are FireWire 800 devices – specifically, in external hard drives of the high capacity variety. I’ve opted for an eSATA external drive, which should be fine for the time being. Still, if I had [...]

FireWire vs USB 2.0

May 23, 2007 | 6 Comments

Click Image to Play Video http://live.pirillo.com/ – There are many USB devices – keyboards, mice, webcams, microphones – but not nearly as many FireWire devices – mostly digital cameras. DougTech wants to know what the difference between USB 2.0 and FireWire is. FireWire and USB 2.0 use two completely different architectures and handles data in [...]

Vista ReadyBoost

May 24, 2006 | 31 Comments

So, one of the nifty new features of Windows Vista is ReadyBoost – a feature that enables you to plug in a USB 2.0 Thumb Drive and have it show up as physical memory in your system. I wanted to give this a shot, so I rushed out and picked up the highest capacity USB [...]