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Hello,
This is tricky question to answer because of the two technology types to be compared. It would be fair to say that some of the specific numbers do mater. The theoretical throughput of data on USB 2.0 is up to 480 mbps. Firewire-400 supports up to 400 mbps where as Firewire-800 will support up to 800 mbps.
The large buffer on the hard drive allows for faster data retrieval. All of this being said the throughput on the drive itself will likely range between 100-300 mbps making the connector somewhat irrelevant.
To conclude this I can’t concretely state which would be faster, but based on a standard IDE / SATA hard drive contained in the enclosure there is not likely going to be much of a difference between the port used to transfer that data.
