Differences in external firewire drives

[miagreek]

I'm eventually thinking of becoming a mac consultant, so I'll need to be able to connect to as many different Macs as possible. (I'm coming from the pre-press field, so becoming a Mac consultant is a close carry over.)

Currently, I use an older G4 with an external firewire drive; though I have a G5 on order.

What are the differences in the firewire ports (regular, 400, 800) and what would I need to connect to each? I'd like to get by (at least at first) by purchasing as few drives as possible due primarily to space.

Any thoughts?

-Mike

[kelly]

Hi Mike. Welcome to the Forum.

Her's a start.

FireWire 800: Technology Brief

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75471

FireWire: Frequently Asked Questions

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60985

http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framewor...areandnews.html

[kps]

Just buy a 30G iPod...that's sure to work with all firewire Macs.

Good luck in your new career!

[tacit]

QUOTE(miagreek @ Aug 24 2003, 7:34 PM)

What are the differences in the firewire ports (regular, 400, 800) and what would I need to connect to each?

 "Regular" FireWire is FireWire 400; they are one and the same.

FireWire 800 uses a completely diffeent connector. You need a third-party FireWire 800->400 adapter to use your existing hard drive on a FireWire 800 port.