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Market research firm: USB 2.0 will dominate | |
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| Time: 00:22 EST/05:22 GMT | News Source: Yahoo News | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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Market research firm In-Stat/MDR reports that Universal Serial Bus (USB) will continue to be the most successful interface used on PCs. The company also said that USB 2.0 would become the dominant standard within the next few years. USB 2.0 is just now becoming available on PCs, and is still deferred on the Mac by Apple in favor of the older 1.1 standard. In-Stat/MDR said the interface would experience a 220 percent compound annual growth rate through 2006. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (156.80.64.134) at 3/13/2002 9:03:22 AM |
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Ok, let me finish the sentence for you so everyone understands WHY.
"and is still deferred on the Mac by Apple in favor of the older 1.1 standard" That is because Apple standardized on FireWire a long time ago, and satisfies the high-speed need quite nicely. In fact, I read a test report last week somewhere that indicated USB 2.0 isn't living up to it's performance claims, and isn't coming ANYWHERE near close to it's advertised to be. FireWire, on the other hand, has never been questioned in it's ability to provide high-speed interconnects. I've used both. I prefer FireWire. It just seems to work better. TL |
| #2 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/13/2002 5:50:36 PM |
| Umm, I had read about the 2.0 data drop when interacting with 1.1, but now, I don't know what to think now. I do know that the USB site is full of crap though. As for FireWire, people are also forgetting that it is nearly the interconnect standard for home DV components (MS is the biggest blocker, wonder why?; meanwhile, they and others are hopelessly fighting for coax, though the IEEE and FCC is very much leaning towards FireWire.) It is also going to be implemented in automanufacturing--gotta love that ability to transfer data as well as power. FireWire has thousands more implementations than USB, handle data transfer management, can power systems, can handle transmissions over longer distances, and will be at 800 mb/s before 75% of all PCs even have USB--that's sad for the USB crowd, but we still have a ton of old computers, even new laptops, at work that don't have USB. I doubt 2.0 will ever get pushed beyond 480 mb/s so what is it's future--it's only useful for PC people without FireWire for CDRWs, Scanners, Printers, HDs; it's already pointless for speakers, mouses, keyboards. |
| #3 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 3/13/2002 11:55:29 PM |
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Uhhh... Who cares?
It's a bloody technology. If your PC comes with USB 2.0 and you can use it, great. If it comes with Firewire and you can use it great. If it doesn't come with either and you need it, go buy a PCI card. I don't understand sodajerk's obsession with calling things failures because they don't have monopoly status. Is it not at all possible for USB 2.0 and Firewire to coexist in this world? Is not competition good for the industry? Bloody stupid argument if you ask me. |
| #4 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 3/14/2002 10:31:07 AM |
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Firewire comes standard on relatively few machines today. I suspect you'll find USB 2.0 to outnumber it by next year some time.
At that point we can talk about which is better, which has the most support, etc. I think you'll probably find consumers prefering the USB stuff, simply because it is less confusing. |
| #5 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/14/2002 12:41:17 PM |
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Peter, I wasn't talking about number of installs, I'm talking about it's technology has more applications (maybe implimentations thru you, sorry); FireWire is the future power system and electronic interconnect in cars, it can be used to network devices, it can be used to replace internal device interconnects, it is the standard for DV, it will continue to scale in capacity and the distance it will carry a signal.
And your assertion that ALL PCs for the last five years have USB is ridiculous, if not insane. Maybe the controller was built into all the mobos, but there certainly not USB ports on EVERY single PC manufactured in the last 5 years. Thanks for the laugh. I DID say that USB is niched down into the little crap devices that I could care less about how fast the bus is. I type fast but not that fast. I don't care about what it can provide the Wintel in terms of external media, burners.... I've had that capability and more for three years now. Soda, where do I say that USB 2.0 is a failure because it doesn't have a monopoly. I know FireWire has a smaller PC market then USB and I consider it a success. Get a life, and actually read my posts. I think it's a failure because it will be implemented for devices that don't need it, has a limited number of devices that will benefit from it(expensive ones, remember that, when you buy a $600+ USB 2.0 camcorder, and it never scales faster than 480--but the week after there's a $750+ FireWire device that transfers twice as fast), it won't scale much higher, it cannot operate over the distances that FireWire can, it can't power devices, and it can't manage traffic well--and this is the competition to a solution that has been around for 4 years in wide numbers and will scale up to 4 Gig at least. That's why I think it's a failure. I know it will be in larger numbers than FireWire, but as I said, mostly in devices that don't need it. I think it's a failure because it doesn't really compete, it just satisfies the people who are still amazed by 1.1. This post was edited by sodajerk on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 20:39. |
| #6 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 3/14/2002 3:58:31 PM |
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sodajerk, why do you continue to respond to threads about USB 2.0 except to try to promote FUD?
That's the real question. |
| #7 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/14/2002 5:02:46 PM |
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Because stupid people interpret my posts incorrectly--so I return to correct them.
Why do you post just to ask me why I post? |
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