Next-Gen Apples To Include 1394b, USB 2.0

seletz writes: "According to this article on The Register, Apple will ship its next-generation PowerMacs with USB 2.0 and double FireWire. USB 2.0 boosts data transfer up to 480Mbps, FireWire 1394b goes up to 3.2Gbps." It may seem a minor point, but the more and faster connections are built in, the less frequently the upgrade gremlins have to strike. 3.2Gbps!

Comments

Whats FireFire?

[tonywestonuk]

You mean FireWire?

I suppose double Firewire could be FireFireWireWire..

T.

Re:Faster USB

[Stackster]

I wonder if and when Apple's mice will have more than one button.
I had to get a 2-button mouse to avoid going nuts when browsing (trying to right-click by clicking the same button but with the middle finger just won't help), and X-windows (there are actually several decent PPC Linux diststibutions nowadays) is a bit lame with just one button.
Just these reasons should be enough to have Apple considering an extra button or two (and perhaps a wheel, too). It shouldn't be less "easy-to-use", because you don't *need* to use the extra buttons if you don't want to.
But if even their own OS supports more buttons, they really should have the hardware for it, too.

I wonder how the Apple Pro Mouse (the-entire-mouse-is-just-a-big-button-mouse) could have two buttons...