USB Question

Back in the crazy days of the late '90s when a young man named Bill Clinton met an even younger woman named Monica Lewinsky, I found myself with a Blue and White G3 and one of the first ever Biondi Blue iMac DVDs... (We used to take it on trips in our pop-up camper to watch movies and play Bugdom.) Anyway, I had a matching blue CD rack and a blue USB hub, which brings me to my question... well almost. First, I must say that in about '01 I bought a bunch firewire stuff and I never looked back... trouble is now, everything is USB again, so here is the question I'm embarrassed to ask:
What's USB2? Why is it better than USB? Are the plugs different? I've got keyboards and iPods and Cameras... it's all USB2 now. What happened to firewire? It sounds so cool like Betamax or the Northstar System.
Will my old blue USB hub serve my iPods, Keyboards, card readers, etc? Or do I need one of those new fangled USB2 hubs? If so, I'm sure you can recommend one.
Next thing you know, I'll have to go to OS X... what was wrong with System 9.5? Anyone need any PhoneNet connectors?
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USB2 is considerably faster than USB1 - 480 Mbps vs. 12 Mbps. The plugs are the same, so all your old USB peripherals will continue to work. Many devices that don't need the USB speeds, such as keyboards and mice will continue to be USB1 devices.
FireWire is still around, but USB is what dominates likely because most PCs don't have FireWire ports on them. FireWire still has advantages over USB2 even though USB2's speed is greater than that of FireWire 400's. USB2 attains its speed in a burst, so it's not suitable for applications where you need a high sustained throughput like with video. That's where FireWire excels. Of course, FW800 is much faster than USB2.
I'd consider investing in a new hub. Since your old hub is USB1, anything plugged into it will be limited to USB1's 12 Mbps speeds. Just try syncing an iPod over USB1 and see how long it takes... it's going to be a long time.
I'm using Belkin's 7-port USB 2 hub: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=158910

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