RE: [OT] USB2 on Laptops?

["Gerard McGovern" <stuff@xxxxxxx>]

> > > > No, not built-in. Why bother with USB2 when we already
have
> > > Firewire?
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> > > The huge quantity of USB 1.x peripherals may have something
to do=20
> > > with it...
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> > Well it's lucky that all laptops have USB 1.x then!!!
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> It certainly is ... And all those people lucky enough to have=20
> USB 2.0 ports will have lots and lots of USB peripherals=20
> already there to plug in to them without having to wait for a=20
> few devices to connect to them...

Number of USB 2.0 devices, marginal. Number of Firewire devices =3D 100's.
Why bother reinventing the wheel?

> > Firewire has been around for years and does the job well.
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> Agreed but other than camcorders and a couple of scanners and=20
> hard discs there really is sweet FA out there in the way of=20
> firewire peripherals and what there is are at a premium price.

And how many USB 2.0 devices are there?

> > What do we need USB 2.0 for?
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> Actually I'm with you ... And at the same time what did we=20
> need ATA33, ATA66, ATA100 and ATA133 for? Why did we get SCSI=20
> 2, Wide SCSI and Ultra 160 SCSI? Yep ... Lets ban progress=20
> and stick with exactly what we've got - incompatible niche=20
> market interfaces rather than something that has widespread=20
> acceptance.

Did I say that? No.

> Thankfully not everyone shares your shortsightedness ... If=20
> they did then computers would have never progressed beyond=20
> the original IBM XT.

Shortsightedness? I don't believe in reinventing the friggin' wheel. USB
2.0 is almost exactly the same as Firewire. Why didn't they devote the
time they spent improving USB to some other project?

> Why do we need a different keyboard connector?
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> Why do we need a different mouse connector? Serial is fine.
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> Why do we need this IDE stuff? ST506 interfaces have been=20
> around for years and do the job well.

God you do talk crap.

G

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