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I have a PowerBook G4 FireWire and i need to buy an external HD - but i'm lost between the USB connection 2.0 or 3.0. Which one would be compatible with this type of PowerBook? Would you recommend any brand?
PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.4.1)
Why not FireWire?
It certainly will not do USB 3.
Allan
We had a FW hard drive and it crashed so on us... would probably prefer a USB one.
The bus connection has very little to do with disk drive chashing.
USB on your PowerBook G4 will be wat slower then FireWire.
Allan
alright, didn't know that 😊. Would you recommend any brand for an external FW hard drive maybe?
I have always had excellant service from the external drives I purchased from MacSales
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/
Allan
Thanks will have a look
does my powebook g4 supports USB 2.0
