dumb q? buying a usb 2.0 external hd for macbook with no usb2.0??

davenotdead · 05.29.2009, 12:20 AM

all the externals i've found use 2.0

my macbook has no 2.0 port.

is there a converter? and if there is, would it potentially f things up?

there's a sale on newegg.com ending in a couple days.

and i want to buy this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136321

halp

EVOLghost · 05.29.2009, 12:22 AM

stick your foot in a bucket of jelly and call me in the morning.

davenotdead · 05.29.2009, 12:29 AM

what kind of jelly?

davenotdead · 05.29.2009, 12:44 AM

wait a minute. i'm drunk

terminal pharmacy · 05.29.2009, 03:16 AM

usb 2 devices will work on old usb ports apparently from what i have read on the web,

in fact i only have usb old and i have a desktop hard drive in a caddy that is usb2 and it works. i think it just can't pass data as quickly.

greedrex · 05.29.2009, 06:06 AM

^^correct.

noisereductions · 05.29.2009, 07:11 AM

not always though. I have a Sidekick Slide (USB2), and if I plug it into my USB1 port, it will keep connecting and disconnecting over and over again, rendering it useless. So be careful. But still I had a USB2 external HD that worked (SLOW but) flawlessly on a USB1 port.

05.29.2009, 08:39 AM

I thought macbooks always got usb 2.0

PAULYBEE2656 · 05.29.2009, 09:44 AM

i cant read muscial notation.

verme (prevaricator) · 05.29.2009, 09:56 AM

surprises me that this thread hasn't turned into a usb vs. firewire flamewar yet.

pbradley · 05.29.2009, 09:58 AM

I have a macbook and never have used anything with firewire. All kinds of shrug at that "flamewar."

But USB 3.0

it's the future because it is a consecutively higher number

davenotdead · 05.29.2009, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley

it's the future because it is a consecutively higher number

i am compelled to believe this logic

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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	usb 2 devices will work on old usb ports apparently from what i have read on the web, in fact i only have usb old and i have a desktop hard drive in a caddy that is usb2 and it works. i think it just can't pass data as quickly.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	not always though. I have a Sidekick Slide (USB2), and if I plug it into my USB1 port, it will keep connecting and disconnecting over and over again, rendering it useless. So be careful. But still I had a USB2 external HD that worked (SLOW but) flawlessly on a USB1 port. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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al shabbray Posts: n/a	I thought macbooks always got usb 2.0
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I have a macbook and never have used anything with firewire. All kinds of shrug at that "flamewar." But USB 3.0 it's the future because it is a consecutively higher number
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