You're out of luck for linking it to your XL1, I'm afraid. Apple's heartwarming policy of differentiation between products means they killed Firewire in the standard Macbooks to force you to go Pro if you're a Firewire user, because they think you're more likely to be an advanced or Pro user and therefore more likely to spend the extra cash. Take it back and get either a Macbook Pro or a White Macbook - I think they still have the older Macbook model available which has Firewire. The Macbook pro doesn't have a Firewire 800, though, only 400 - so if you get that, you'd have to also get a 9 pin FW800 to 4 pin DV camera cable.
Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 14-Apr-09, at 5:24 PM, RANDY MANN wrote: > > > i just bought a nice shinny new mac book today with my taxes > got it home to find out there is no fire wire port > i need to get my videos in this from my xl1 it only has a mini fire > wire no > usb > > any ideas?? > > randy > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
