... and the Macbook White has FW400 not 800 as Brook said! (confused much?) http://www.apple.com/macbook/white/specs.html
Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 14-Apr-09, at 7:19 PM, Brook Hinton wrote: > > > The Macbook Pro's DO have fw800 - it was just the first gen 15" > model that > didn't. I have a 2nd gen with both 400 and 800 right under my fingers. > But yes, Rupert's right, take it back and get a white macbook with > fw800 or > a macbook pro. > > Brook > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Rupert <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
