Burning 2 DVD simultaneously... slow

[William Park]

How is USB3 different from USB1&2 ?  I thought they are using the same chipset, 
except faster down the wire.
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William



----- Original Message ----
> From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 11:50:37 AM
> 
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:42:09PM -0500, William Park wrote:
> > I usually  burn 1 DVD at a time, so I didn't noticed this before.  When
> >  burning 2 DVD-RW simultaneously (one SATA burner and one USB burner),
> >  the speed crawls and fluctuates.  I would've thought modern computer  is
> > more than capable of handling 2 DVDs at the same time.   Anyone
> > experienced this?
> 
> USB (except USB3) is highly CPU  intensive.  So I am not surprised at
> all in fact.
> 
> USB is  convinient, but also complete crap.
> 
> eSATA is good, firewire is good, USB3  is good.  USB1 and USB2 are crap.


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