Re: OT: new macbooks, no firewire

2008-10-14 Thread Stephen Barncard
The macbook pro has an expresscard port, a firewire 800 port, two USB ports and some kind of mini-dvi connector. I hate the expresscard fomat. It seems to be made for viewing photo memory cards or something -- the mechanical design is very stupid. When one pushes the card in, it doesn't latc

Re: OT: new macbooks, no firewire

2008-10-14 Thread Sarah Reichelt
> Having a few moments to spare I took a look at Apple's new MacBooks. Mixed > feelings. I think I'll need to see and touch to make a valid judgement. I > too have eye problems, so the contrast may be good for me, but I'm a > desktopper anyway, and probably won't be buying anything new for quite a

Re: OT: new macbooks, no firewire

2008-10-14 Thread Chipp Walters
Hey Andre, Yep, checked out the various blogsone of the most amazing design flaws I saw was the continuation of the very crisp edge on the front of the laptop. Just Google "Mac wrist" and you'll see it's been a very consistent theme regarding poor design. Back a hundred years ago when I desig

Re: OT: new macbooks, no firewire

2008-10-14 Thread Andre Garzia
Hello Stephen, where do we put a plugin card on a macbook? Is this an expresscard firewire thingy? Andre On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Stephen Barncard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apple has furthered the divide between MacBook and "Pro". The new MacBook > Pro have firewire 800 port. More p

Re: OT: new macbooks, no firewire

2008-10-14 Thread Stephen Barncard
Apple has furthered the divide between MacBook and "Pro". The new MacBook Pro have firewire 800 port. More ports can be added via plugin card. For recording, I have to do that anyway for throughput. Hi Andre, Having a few moments to spare I took a look at Apple's new MacBooks. Mixed feeli

Re: OT: new macbooks, no firewire

2008-10-14 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Hi Andre, Having a few moments to spare I took a look at Apple's new MacBooks. Mixed feelings. I think I'll need to see and touch to make a valid judgement. I too have eye problems, so the contrast may be good for me, but I'm a desktopper anyway, and probably won't be buying anything new

OT: new macbooks, no firewire

2008-10-14 Thread Andre Garzia
Folks, sometimes I do OT mails here, but this is just to ask if you guys followed the latest announcements by apple and saw their new macbooks. I must say, I have never ever been so disapointed at apple. I found the new macbooks as ugly as a traffic accident between an elephant and a pizza deliver