Firewire hard drive

By Andreas Lee

firewire hard drive

Transferring data technology between computers, notebooks, and computer to external media like external hard drive is called firewire.

Apple developed firewire technology in the beginning of 1990’s. It is well known as IEEE 1394. The transfer rate of firewire hard drive has become faster than common hard drive at that time. The transfer rate is around 100 – 400 Mbps on a 14 feet cable.

Power Macintosh G3 (PowerMac G3) which is also known as beige G3s or platinum G3s is the first personal computer that uses firewire technology. Not long after PowerMac G3, firewire has spread too many computers and products. In the entertainment business, firewire hard drive is being popular and it won Emmy Engineering Award in 2001 for its contribution.

Firewire hard drive receives good responses from computer users due to its efficiency and its performance. Its main competitor was USB hard drive which is able to give just 12 Mbps transfer rates. The difference between USB hard drive and firewire hard drive is that USB hard drive can be used on any personal computers, not just Apple, while firewire hard drive is just made for Apple.

External hard drive which uses firewire technology can give you a better speed. Besides, the cord can maximize the portability because of its small size. External firewire hard drive is needed in this era, because sharing digital information is an activity that is done at most.

An easy expansion to your personal computer is also offered by a firewire hard drive. It requires power supply to run it, not like USB drive, and you must bring the cord along if you want to use it on a remote computer.

Fast transfer rate is a firewire technology mainstay which has a couple of updates since it is released. Finally, for you to know that IEEE 1384b is the newest and it delivers up to 800 Mbps transfer speed.

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