On Nov 21, 2004, at 14:15, John wrote:
The one downside to the B&W's Firewire implementation is that you cannot boot from it. The Yikes G4 is so similar to the B&W, it might not boot off firewire either, I'm not sure. Starting with Sawtooth G4s you can boot off Firewire drives.Yersinia wrote:
Thank you, Jack and Tim, for your explanations. I'm not all the way up to speed yet, but this is a good start. What's a "prosumer" device? And, about Firewire, do I really need it, seeing how I don't do anything video at all, not even taking pictures with a digital camera?
If you get an iPod, you'll want Firewire.
also Tim said close enough to these lines --
<Your Beige is a different series G3 than the B&W's which also came with different operating systems. You both can install a firewire card as long as you have the operating system or extensions to support it.>
Oh, OK, so that's why I don't have it unless I go to the trouble of someday buying it, downloading the proper extensions and installing it.
Actually, the B&W came with a Firewire port. As I recall, it was the first Mac to include it standard. It was also the last machine to include ADB. And as far as I know, it was the only Mac to have Firewire, ADB, and USB all standard. After the B&W, Apple dropped ADB.
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