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> Compared to any device that had a USB port and hence actually worked with our PCs USB 2 wasn't even ratified until the end of 2001 after the original iPod's
by xenadu02 10y ago
> Compared to any device that had a USB port and hence actually worked with our PCs
USB 2 wasn't even ratified until the end of 2001 after the original iPod's introduction. Do you know how long it would have taken to sync 1000 songs over USB 1.0? 1000 * 5MB/song (avg) / 1.25MB/sec = 4000 seconds or over an hour.
Firewire was able to stream data at disk write speed which would have been anywhere from 5-20MB/sec.
- icebraining 10y agoWho cared? It's not like I listened to a thousand songs every day and had to write a thousand more every night. It took an hour the first time to fill it up, then I'd only replace an album or two at a time.