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+1: Additionally it should be noted that these are theoretical maximums, and you will never actually achieve these speeds for a sustained amount of time.
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
Commented May 7, 2010 at 19:42
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The only note I would add is if(USB 2 vs FW400) you are using external hard drives and transferring a lot of data , you will see better performance from firewire 400 vs usb 2.0 due to the design of the interfaces.
– Troggy
Commented May 7, 2010 at 20:01
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@techie007 - we used to refer to things like raw bit rate as the "guaranteed not to exceed speed."
– mpez0
Commented May 8, 2010 at 2:25
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@Troggy - so for video editing... ? ... FireWire 400 is better?
– Moshe
Commented May 9, 2010 at 1:11
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In practicality you really only get around 25MB for file transfer in USB2.0 lyberty.com/tech/terms/usb.html
– William
Commented Jan 4, 2014 at 6:27

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