[neoterran]

that has nothing to do with USB2.0 and more to do with the fact the Hard Drive on the IPOD can only sustain very mediocre write/read rates. 480 Mbps is around 60 MB/sec, most portable hard drives won't get to that.

[Nuke]

im well aware of bits-bytes conversions. 30 gigs in 3 days? my math says its doing less than 1 mbit.

thats:
30000000000 bytes
* 8 =
240000000000 bits
/ 72 hours
3333333333.3333 bits/hr
/ 60 minutes
55555555.5556 bits/min
/60 seconds
925925.92594 bits/sec
= 925.9 kbps, with overhead, 1.1 performance

thats some ****ty drive performance. and this is the drive used in 4g ipods, i use a 5gen but it should be a similar drive. as you can see, the drive performance excedes the throughput im getting. this is going through a 2.0 port and the ipod supports 2.0. unless theres some driver glitch or some magical thing im not doing. usb 2.0 simply does not exist!

[neoterran]

yeah that does suck. But consider my "usb 2.0" creative muvo v100 transfers at around 700 kbps max and you'll feel better. That's a flash player as well. However, my sandisk cruzer micro transfers around 2.5 to 3 MB/sec, so I know my USB 2.0 works. Just some devices suck I guess.

[Nuke]

thats what it looks like, but i have this feeling that my usb just isnt configured properly. i remember when installing my mobo drivers, the disc said usb 2.0 requires sp2, which i then installed. but with all the usb 2.0 devices i own, at least one would work to specs. i think the problem may just be that the ipod cable they give us isnt 2.0 rated. wouldnt be the first time a company tried to pull that stunt.