can i use a fife wire on like a mini mac useing target disk mode or some other way??
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:58 AM, J. N. P. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > I would like to add that presently the white macbook they are selling > has the same chipset/cpu than the new ones, because they renovated it. > so you just get stuck with the old design but get everything else and > the firewire (400) port. > > http://theappleblog.com/2009/01/21/white-macbook-gets-nvidia-better-specs/ > > the new macbook pro only has the faster firewire in it (FW 800), but > as others said, you can have a cable to connect a FW800 port on the > computer to the XL1 or disks that have FW 400. > > in the end if you need firewire either you go with the old design or > the macbook pro... > > Rgds, > ZN > > > On Apr 15, 2009, at 2:53 , Rupert 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] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
