I did google it, there are numerous references to FW being phased out all over, just no confirmation.
Perhaps Apple will go with the cheaper, faster USB 3 spec in it's lower end macbooks...who knows? On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Jordan <jor17...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sorry for the misguidance about Firewire. I thought I had read > somewhere that they were phasing it out, can't recall where, and then was > looking for an inexpensive Mac notebook for a friend. The new MacBooks don't > have Firewire but there was a $750 refurb that had it. I think he got one. > Thanks for clearing that up Betty. > > > b_s-wilk wrote: > >> What I hear from friends closer to Apple than I am is that FW is alive and >> well, but that general consumers don't care whether it's there or not. The >> MacBook Pro and desktop Macs all have FireWire. If it were eliminated from >> future iMacs or Mac Minis, I'd be forced to get a Mac Pro, or figure out a >> hack. My MacBook will be replaced with a MacBook Pro. >> >> > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
