FireWire

[Koffee Bean]

Hi, I've recently been seriously thinking about buying an Apple Inc. iPod for Windows, my problem is that on the site I seem to be under the impression that the iPod only supports FireWire transfer and not USB 1.1. My questions is does the iPod support USB 1.1, and if I am forced to get a FireWire 800 port, will it be backwards compatible with FireWire 400 devices?

[cpugeniusmv]

to my knowledge, iPods are only compatible with firewire, and yes, more than likely firewire 800 would be backwards compatible with 400

[dr. damn]

All FireWire/1394/i.Link devices are supposed to be compatible, regardless as to the speed. You will need to get a FireWire PCI card for your computer, as the iPod supports only FireWire.

[isus]

tru, the ipod does NOT support any form of usb. i don't think you can just up and buy a firewire 800 card right now... i think its one of those beautiful features available only to the apple community for now. either way, i heard specualtion that apple would release a 20gb (or larger) with firewire 800 support. for when you really cant wait. haha.

[Foreverboard]

you can get a firewire card at any computer related store. Or online store. But I am not sure if the 800 are there.