We have been using one for a couple of weeks to transfer data from one
bondi-blue G3 to another. Obviously the fast transfer rats are only applicable
when transfer takes place from firewire device to another firewire device. Since
we only have one of these gismos, we have not experienced these fast transfers.
On the other hand, being able to move the drive from one machine to another
without rebooting (or other complications well known from the SCSI era) makes
our life a little bit easier.
It would be nice if these devices had the capability to boot. I have not heard
anything about A time line on that.
Otmar