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Quote: Originally Posted by Leonard I disagree. First you don't need a Gigabit switch to hook 2 computers together to transfer files and wifi is damn slow for transferring lage volumes of data, I'd rathers stick an ethernet cable between the two…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ktappe And that's the huge question nobody seems to know the answer to: Why has Apple not created a USB Target Disk Mode to replace Firewire Target Disk Mode? It should be technically possible. Well....why b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Hmmm! Interesting point. 'murch, he's got you on that one. Even better, a refurbished Macbook Pro for $1350, just $50 more than the new low end Macbook, with larger screen, 2 Firewire ports (400 and 800)…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iedsri Look, I don't want to argue over this -- I'd just like some practical information: how -- specifically -- do I now transfer large files from my black MacBook to a new (non-FW) MacBook? For years the only really…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Why would an iPod need to have Firewire? It has it's only battery so the bus power of FW isn't needed and the bidirectional benefits of FW do not come into play either. The smart choice was to move t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by IQatEdo You are saying that Firewire is dead. How do you know that? Is it because Apple dropped it from the MacBook or is it because you read a statement from Apple somewhere that stated 'Firewire is dead'? Becaus…
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Quote: Originally Posted by plokoonpma What kind of advise is that? a 12 bucks USB case/nice USB 2.0 hub for 20? I have been doing Apple/HP + Pro video consulting for the last 8 years. "Pro video consulting"... you realize MB is a consumer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dreyfus2 1/2 Jeff is right. It works without problems IF the disk has been formatted with the correct partition map. Nothing happens when the framerate drops - it even works over WiFi... speed is completely irrelevant …
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Quote: Originally Posted by plokoonpma 1. Do you have tried it by yourself? 2. What you do when the transfer rate drops and you are in the middle of a system restoration? Answer: a. You have to start over b. You probably end with the target …
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Quote: Originally Posted by plokoonpma Its kind of valid your input. But what happens to those who use external firewire hard drives? Can you give me a fix to that? I cant daisy chain USB hard drive, transfer rate over USB 2.0 is also not consta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Techslacker So I'm guessing you think that displayport is going to be greater than 2% on a Macbook? What about the altered headphone jack just so people with iphone headphones can now use the clicker? How about the n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by OriginalMacRat It would cost a lot less than $500. OK, let's say 2% of the users use Firewire (I think 2% is pretty close). It adds $10 to the machine. Does it make sense to make everyone pay $10 extra, so the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison I didn't think you had a sufficient reason for your "near dead" comment. Firewire does things that USB cannot do and that's why it's popular in some areas. Because the masses only do mundane things like h…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dreyfus2 If you remove it, at least give people an advanced warning. Apple removed FW from iPod...iPhone connection is USB only...what kind of additional warning do you want? It looked pretty obvious to me. OK, c…
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The old MBP is beautiful, but it is hell to open and upgrade the hard drive (which I did twice, from 80 to 160, then to 320). I think Apple's next job will be updating the Mini so the access is as easy as the new MB/MBP.
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By the way, the different between Firewire vs USB is almost the same as SCSI vs IDE. Firewire has intelligence on the device, thus faster but more expensive than USB2. SCSI has intelligence on the device, thus faster but more expensive. When S…
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I want to know how many of you use Macbook as the only Mac in the household? Apple's action is very logical - Macbook's market is totally different from MBP. MBP is likely to be the primary (or only) Mac in the house, so it gets all the goodies a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by kexicao Of course people using laptops in a work environment don't need hdmi. But at home, especially using macbooks as multimedia device, having hdmi would be really nice such as surf youtube and share with whole fami…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TBaggins Yup. And this is part of why AAPL took a dive minutes after the event wrapped. ... Actually, the whole market took a dive, so Apple decision will surely destroy the economy. Just kidding....but we …
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Apple's logic is simple. Among the existing Macbook users, how many use Firewire? 1%? (I don't). If Firewire costs $10, does it make sense to include it in the Macbook when 99% users don't use it? By the way, to those who have Firewire exte…