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jkrohn
08-30-2001, 09:33 PM
Parralel port MP3 players seem to run much cheaper than USB ones. I know the transfer rate s slower, but does anyone know the actual numbers for the top speeds / avg speeds? Thanks
deltaf508
08-30-2001, 10:02 PM
Parallel port is muuuuuuch slower, USB is about 12 Mb/sec while parallel is only 1.5 Mb/Sec (I think). I have used both USB and parallel to connect two devices together (ie. laptop to compuer) and I must say the USB was by far faster.

If you have the choice go USB, IMHO.

Gary
Mr.Goodbytes
08-30-2001, 11:11 PM
USB connections are much easier to manage too. You'd be amazed at how flaky a parallel port can get once you start hooking up a bunch of different kinds of devices to it. Plus if you're transerring a lot of data, it tends to get nice and slow on parallel interfaces. Much faster than serial, but still much slower than usb.