MP3 data rates can be at some 320 kilobits per second. USB 1.1 is over 11 million bits per second.
But BEWARE!!! Very few hard disk enclosures work on USB 1.1.
Bob
I have an older Omnibook notebook with has USB 1.1 I was thinking about getting an external hard drive and loading it with MP3's. Would the transfer rate via a USB port be fast enough to support a data stream to play MP3's from the external hard drive?

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