two times faster
eSATA-600 at 6.0 Gbps while FireWire runs at 1.2 Gbps.
Depending on what speed your infrared port is. It is normally faster to use a fire-wire port.
firewire port can support up to 63 devices on one firewire port with a hub
Firewire 800USB 1.1 - 15 MbpsFireWire (1394a) - 400 MbpsUSB 2.0 - 480 MbpsFireWire 800 (1394b) - 800 MpbsSATA 1.5 - 1.5 GbpsSATA 3.0 - 3.0 Gbpsesata is much faster than firewire 800
firewire
The IEEE 1394 Interface or Port is also know by it's Apple Mac name as FireWire.
"Firewire" is the term used for a certain type of serial port on computers. Similar uses are USB. The Name is 1394 for "FireWire". The term firewire was meant to express that it was a faster connection than standard serial or parallel ports.
i am assuming that you know what a firewire is. not all computers come with a firewire input. if your computer doesn't have a firewire IN. then you have to buy a card, which gives you the acessability to plug a firewire cable into your computer.
Any devise that is made to work with firewire. Such as a hard drive.
firewire
A firewire port is basically an early version of the USB or Universal Serial Bus. Firewire ports are considered by many to be obsolete. The firewire port is a square with a hole in the middle unlike the replacement USBs that are rectangular. Both are used for data transfer between hardware devices.
If someone is looking to identify a firewire port, they must look and notice the difference between it and a usb port. Firewire and usb ports are generally meant for the same things: to hook up printers and to transfer information.