Re: New Macbook Pro Pictures & Details Leaked

In article <151020081854113166%star@xxxxxxx>, Davoud <star@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

Steven Fisher:
My coworker accidentally bought a USB2 enclosure. He found it faster in
some areas than Firewire 400, slower in others. (Faster for small files,
slower for large files, if I recall correctly.)

nospam:
i find that difficult to believe. how did he measure it?

I can't comment on the veracity of Mr. Fisher's anecdote, but it would
not surprise me if it were true.

It is certainly true that if I copy a 1GB folder containing many small
files to a backup drive via my 802.11n network it moves much faster
than if I copy a 1 GB folder containing, say, three 333 MB files. How
do I measure that? With a clock.

it's not at all surprising that a few large files takes less time than
numerous small files. however, the question is whether a folder of
small files takes less time on usb than the same folder of small files
would on firewire. that's where i'm skeptical.
.

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