As others have said, using Firewire devices with the Firewire found on new Macs needs nothing more than the appropriate cable. On the question of what will replace it, USB3 looks set to dominate when it arrives (this year?), but Firewire have a faster standard in the wings too.
Paul On Feb 14, 1:19 pm, Philippe Chandless <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Smuggers, > > I'm starting to look into replacing my venerable MacBook. I use it to scan > negatives using a firewire (400) scanner and I see that the iMac and the > MacBook Pro only have a Firewire 800 port. > Is there a way of connecting a Firewire 400 device to an 800 port? or am I > looking at replacing the neg scanner as well? > As a supplementary, is Firewire going to be around for much longer? If it > isn't then what will replace it, USB 2? > > Thanks and bon weekend. > Philippe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
