IEEE 1394a Adapter

[Gerry K]

What is a IEEE1394a adapter and do I need it? I am going to purchase a new computer Dell Insprion 530 and this is one of the options that came up on the list.

 

[Rik]

Its firewire, and its only for firewire devices like some external drives as an example.

 

[Tedster]

Firewire. Not as commonly used as USB, but it has a faster throughput and is intelligent and a P2P networking system (internally between peripherals.) Apple invented it, but it is commonly found in video cameras, printers, and external hard drives.

It is supposedly faster for transferring video data.