jackleung

Firewire and USB are targeting different market.  Firewire is good for big data transfter and  the advantage of USB (1.0 or 2.0) is the price and it's commonly available to many computer and device.  But it consumes CPU resource when data is transfer thru USB. (I got the USB 2.0 Orange Mirco web cam and return it for the Firewire since the CPU load is always 80%+, while the firewire one stays at 30% w/ smoother video).  For device like mouse, joypad, scanner, card reader, I perfer USB for it's price.  But for DV, external harddrive, external DVD-R/CD-R, web cam, firewire still the best option.