WHAT IS A FIRE WIRE PORT?
The FireWire port is an Apple® original creation and is denoted by the Standard IEEE-1394 which preceded the USB port. Both ports (standards) were designed with the same goals. FIRE WARE SYMBOL Its original intention was for usage with devices requiring large data transfer/movement. Some of these devices were DVD players, digital audio equipment, etc. Even though IEEE-1394 is faster than USB, they share certain similarities and also differ in certain ways. Let's itemize some of these similarites and differences: Both USB and IEEE-1394 use Serial Bus Standards and twisted-pair cabling to transfer data. USB has a transfer rate of approximately 12Mb/s compared to IEEE-1394 at up to 400Mb/s. Its technology makes it better suited for use in high-end applications such as digital video where it is important to move data extremely fast. 127 dev...