Hi Chris,
Apple are not keeping up with the deleting ... there is a lot of
discussion on the Apple Discussions.
<http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=c1&search=Go&q=no+firewire+ports+on+new+MacBooks
>
Cheers,
Ronni
On 16/10/2008, at 3:38 PM, Chris Burton wrote:
Hi Ronni
Thanks for the info on the apple threads. that is amazing!
Big mistake by Apple
My 15" MacBook Pro will be with me for quite awhile
regards to all
chris
On 16/10/2008, at 3:33 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi People,
Apple have been deleting any threads on this subject on the Apple
Discussion Boards.
MacFixit has this to say:
FireWire omission on new MacBooks a troubleshooting, iMove nightmare;
Apple censors threads -
<http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20081014223302211> (Alert
Trigger: Late-Breakers)
Apple's omission of a FireWire port on the new Aluminum (Late 2008)
MacBooks is stirring discontent among MacFIxIt readers and on Apple's
discussion boards.As written by one MacFixIt reader:"What is
Apple thinking? Where is the FireWire port? How are we going to do
target
firewire mode?"Indeed, the elimination of FireWire target disk mode
leaves a huge troubleshooting gap. Many users utilize FireWire
target disk
mode to diagnose issues, retrieve files from otherwise defunct
computers,
run disk repairs while booted from another drive in lieu of a Mac
OS X
startup disc and perform other procedures.Apple is now removing
threads on its own discussion boards that mention the lack of
FireWire
connectivity on the new MacBooks. MacFixIt reader Scott Rose
writes:"Apparently, Apple doesn't want anybody talking about the lack
of FireWire ports on the new MacBooks, because they keep deleting
every
thread that people are posting about the lack of FireWire ports on
the New
MacBooks! I was participating in 3 different threads on the Apple
Discussion Boards regarding the lack of FireWire from the new
MacBooks,
and Apple has removed every single thread regarding this topic.
There are
no threads left on the Apple Discussion Boards regarding this
issue!"The elimination of FireWire also spells trouble for iMovie
users, who will no longer be able to directly connect cameras that
use the
protocol. The new MacBooks still ship with iMovie, but Apple
apparently
expects users to work with a USB-capable camera or import data to
another
system first.An Apple employee posting on the company's discussion
boards says that "USB is the preferred interface for iMovie
'08."There
are limited USB-to-FireWire converters, but most don't provide
power or
6-pin connectivity.
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I honestly don't know ... "what were Apple thinking", taking
Firewire away seems ridiculous to me.
I'll be keeping my 17" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz with its Firewire Port
that has a 6 Port Firewire Hub connected.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 16/10/2008, at 2:18 PM, Mark Secker wrote:
err..... do what Apple obviously want you to do and buy the
MacBook Pros (and a FW800->FW400 cable/port adaptor)...
apart from that... not much... really. Given how there was much
rejoicing when Apple put the firewire ports on to the later model
iBooks and carried them over to the non Pro model MacBooks the
latest change is a real step back... honestly if they wanted to
"move on" from FW400 I'm sure they could have replaced it with a
FW800 in the lower end MacBooks.
On 16/10/2008, at 11:24 AM, Eugene wrote:
Hi all,
now that Apple has decided to forgo the Firewire port on the
MacBook is anyone aware of a solution to transfer video from a
video camera with firewire out to one of these new MacBooks? Is
there any adaptors / methods that can do this?
We have half a dozen of these cameras and don't want to discard
them just because Apple has gone cheap on us......
Regards,
Eugene
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