• Apple OS X

  usb 2 upgrade for G4

  Posted by Carlos Tomarchio on September 25, 2008 at 8:42 pm

  Hi,
  I have a 500g mybook usb hard drive that i have a lot of dv footage on it in 5g lots that i want to transfer to my G4 duall 1 g mac but it takes about 2 hours for every 5 g. When i transfer to my macbook pro which has usb 2 its takes about 6 min. Is there a upgrade to usb 2 for my G4 or any other solutions.

  Carlos Tomarchio replied 17 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Chuck Reti

  September 26, 2008 at 7:42 pm

  There are a number of USB 2.0 PCI cards, roughly in the $30 range, more and less, from Sonnet, IOGear, Belkin and others. Easy to install, usually offer 3 or 4 USB 2 ports. Some cards have combo USB 2 and Firewire. Check the usual online Mac retailers for prices and varieties.
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  Carlos Tomarchio

  September 26, 2008 at 9:02 pm

  Thanks Chuck for your reply i will look into it.
  Cheers
  Carlos

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