On 11/01/2006, at 11:35 AM, Jude wrote:
Hi all
Does anyone have any insights into why the new Macbooks ship with
firewire 400 only?
I would suspect because DV cameras are still in the Firewire 400 mode
and the dominant OS still not taking up Firewire 800. P2 memory
Sticks seem to be the next generation for transferring digitised
media (Although the PCMCIA has gone too?). Also with SATA drives
being the major external mode of operation for above said OS with
external HD and faster transfer speeds. I do believe although not
confirmed, but their are Express card devices that will run SATA at
it's full potential so Raids etc can be configured and Firewire 800
could be initialised via same process although manufacturer I spoke
to said SATA is more viable than Firewire 800.
This machine looks to be an excellent mobile editing system, but..
no firewire 800? Is there something new or coming up that I don't
know about here..?
Powerbooks have always been, and still are a great editing system.
Maybe in the next format of MacBooks with larger screens it could be
offered although as suggested above SATA for HardDrives could be a
better and cheaper option.
cheers
Jude
One small point I have noticed which could be more detrimental to
Digital Professionals is the PCMCIA adapter slot is gone.
Cheers!
`Rob...
