Only about six hours away. I can't count on one hand the number of people I know that're just waiting for the $999 iBook to hit the site, so they can plunk down their cold, hard plastic and make their first foray into the world of Mac OS X.
<strong>I'll have a bet thet the next generation of DV video cameras have USB2 and NO Firewire connection
I expect Sony to start this trend.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think Sony's plans are to use USB2 for digital cameras and Firewire2 for DV. Regardless, Firewire1 is still better than USB2 for such tasks. I just wish Apple would start pushing Firewire2. Hard. If not, what you say will eventually come true. It's important that Apple support both side by side though as USB2 is not going to go away.
What I don't understand is I believe Apple stated that they expected slightly increased revenue for this quarter...how can they do this while lowering the prices of everything? I can see how the iPod might be the saviour of the quarter but I am not sure they should be counting on this...
<strong>I'll have a bet thet the next generation of DV video cameras have USB2 and NO Firewire connection
I expect Sony to start this trend.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't think so. Sony has invested a lot in FireWire, while USB 2 doesn't offer significant advantages. Unnecessary change in big business is a big no-no. Sony would have to rewrite software and redesign hardware for basically no reasonable gains. With IEEE 1394b and bandwidth hungry innovations approaching , forward thinking Sony should be looking toward that instead.
SONY and Apple (or vice versa) have invented FireWire (ka IEEE1394) together. So I guess it's extremely unlikely that SONY will include USB2 into DV-Cams. Also consider that USB2 has significant disadvantages compared to FW(1|2). Real world throughput is a lot better for FireWire. FW also has better PowerSupply as well as direct device transfers, etc. FW simply is the superior technology.
I personally expect future camcorders to record to HD instead of tape, so the increased throughput that FW2 will deliver can be of much benefit in terms of transfer time.
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less costly powerbooks today,
new (enclosure and features) powerbook at MWSF
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Upgraded PowerBooks/Lower Prices Today
Upgraded PowerBooks w/ Superdrive in January
iBook G4 w/ new enclosure in July
PowerBook G5 w/ new enclosure in September
I expect Sony to start this trend.
<strong>I'll have a bet thet the next generation of DV video cameras have USB2 and NO Firewire connection
I expect Sony to start this trend.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think Sony's plans are to use USB2 for digital cameras and Firewire2 for DV. Regardless, Firewire1 is still better than USB2 for such tasks. I just wish Apple would start pushing Firewire2. Hard. If not, what you say will eventually come true. It's important that Apple support both side by side though as USB2 is not going to go away.
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<strong>I'll have a bet thet the next generation of DV video cameras have USB2 and NO Firewire connection
I expect Sony to start this trend.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I don't think so. Sony has invested a lot in FireWire, while USB 2 doesn't offer significant advantages. Unnecessary change in big business is a big no-no. Sony would have to rewrite software and redesign hardware for basically no reasonable gains. With IEEE 1394b and bandwidth hungry innovations approaching , forward thinking Sony should be looking toward that instead.
I personally expect future camcorders to record to HD instead of tape, so the increased throughput that FW2 will deliver can be of much benefit in terms of transfer time.