I really don't think that is the case... I remember originally it was but I know people have been capturing to firewire hard drives with DV cameras on the powerbook</strong><hr></blockquote>
yeah this should be possible, but only with "powered" f/w hard drives... (IE needs AC power)
You need two ports if you're capturing DV footage straight to a FireWire HD. Given that Apple pushes the PowerBook as a portable editing machine, I can see the extra port would make sense.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Given that DV cameras are S100 devices (i.e. 100Mb/s) I don't see why you'd need another port (especially since in most cases, that other port would in the end just be connected to the same controller chip anyway).
PowerMac: add video in/out options and 4.1/5.1 sound support separate from the video card (something like it was in the old 8600 or beige G3's). Bring back the interior layout like the AGP PowerMac's.
Xserve: get the ### Xserve RAID out. put a backup powersupply (hot swappable) in both. make the RAID one support SCSI. Get a CPU only version (one small HD a DVD, LOT of RAM and 8+ CPU's).
Xserve+PowerMac: get Quad versions out
iMac: get a 19" version
bring back the G4 Cube at a lower cost (i would buy one right away)
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I really don't think that is the case... I remember originally it was but I know people have been capturing to firewire hard drives with DV cameras on the powerbook</strong><hr></blockquote>
yeah this should be possible, but only with "powered" f/w hard drives... (IE needs AC power)
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You need two ports if you're capturing DV footage straight to a FireWire HD. Given that Apple pushes the PowerBook as a portable editing machine, I can see the extra port would make sense.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Given that DV cameras are S100 devices (i.e. 100Mb/s) I don't see why you'd need another port (especially since in most cases, that other port would in the end just be connected to the same controller chip anyway).
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RazzFazz
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yeah this should be possible, but only with "powered" f/w hard drives... (IE needs AC power)</strong><hr></blockquote>
Why? DV cams don't draw power from the firewire bus (they usually use the 4-pin connector).
Bye,
RazzFazz
PowerMac: add video in/out options and 4.1/5.1 sound support separate from the video card (something like it was in the old 8600 or beige G3's). Bring back the interior layout like the AGP PowerMac's.
Xserve: get the ### Xserve RAID out. put a backup powersupply (hot swappable) in both. make the RAID one support SCSI. Get a CPU only version (one small HD a DVD, LOT of RAM and 8+ CPU's).
Xserve+PowerMac: get Quad versions out
iMac: get a 19" version
bring back the G4 Cube at a lower cost (i would buy one right away)
btw I want an Palm like device from Apple!!!!!!