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Originally Posted by towny
Firewire is a great standard, and like for like is much faster than USB (FW-400 kicks USB-1 a$$, similarly FW-800 kicks USB-2 a$$). I would connect everything using it if I had the choice, but other than DV cams, hardware that has a FW port seems to be considered 'high end' or 'prosumer' and is priced accordingly. 
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Yes, I was thinking of what would be more useful long-term. Video work definitely means FW, but if video is not needed then maybe more peripherals have USB rather than FW connections. It's very user and task-specific. I've got both, but then again I'm greedy!