Posted on Jul 23, 2016
Firewire was faster than USB 2.0, but lacked support by hardware manufacturers. If this wasn't the case, would USB 3.0 be different ?
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So Apple has a long history in regards to international standards.
An early example was AppleTalk for their networking interface and protocol. It just didn't scale and was narrowminded in scope.
Firewire is just another example. If you're doing something revolutionary or non-universal then you're ok with a proprietary device, interface or protocol. A successful example is the lightning cable which only works on Apple devices. But counter to that is are Android devices which use USB....
Firewire and AppleTalk existed outside of just Apple devices and so they failed.
An early example was AppleTalk for their networking interface and protocol. It just didn't scale and was narrowminded in scope.
Firewire is just another example. If you're doing something revolutionary or non-universal then you're ok with a proprietary device, interface or protocol. A successful example is the lightning cable which only works on Apple devices. But counter to that is are Android devices which use USB....
Firewire and AppleTalk existed outside of just Apple devices and so they failed.
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Ok so for AppleTalk to work there needed to be routers and switches that supported it. Only a few did so it failed. (Maybe I should edit out the word 'just' but that would make your response seem weird).
For Firewire to be outside of Macs, other vendors would need to support it which some did but manufacturers didn't market it the same way they did USB. The idea that I can have a USB cable that works on my phone, PC, wireless router, external hard drive, the dash cam in my car, etc. makes it more versatile.
For Firewire to be outside of Macs, other vendors would need to support it which some did but manufacturers didn't market it the same way they did USB. The idea that I can have a USB cable that works on my phone, PC, wireless router, external hard drive, the dash cam in my car, etc. makes it more versatile.
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Firewire may have been faster, but it blatantly Apple. Required specialized hardware, didn't play nice with Windows, and was expensive. Not to mention, Firewire has a chained device limitation much lower than USB's 256 connected devices.
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First sentence is confusing. Never saw a price change, just the need to search harder for equipment with it.
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SGT (Join to see) Sorry..."was" blatantly Apple. None of the other manufacturers got on board due to cost. Apple charges manufacturers to support their form factors. Not certain if that is still the case, but it was the status quo for decades. When you compair two identical products, the USB product will be less expensive.
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SN (Join to see) - Understood. Thanks for the clarification. I look forward to the lower latency of USB 3.0 with music production.
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