The Macbook Pro's DO have fw800 - it was just the first gen 15" model that didn't. I have a 2nd gen with both 400 and 800 right under my fingers. But yes, Rupert's right, take it back and get a white macbook with fw800 or a macbook pro.
Brook On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Rupert <rup...@fatgirlinohio.org> wrote: > > > You're out of luck for linking it to your XL1, I'm afraid. > Apple's heartwarming policy of differentiation between products means > they killed Firewire in the standard Macbooks to force you to go Pro > if you're a Firewire user, because they think you're more likely to be > an advanced or Pro user and therefore more likely to spend the extra > cash. > Take it back and get either a Macbook Pro or a White Macbook - I think > they still have the older Macbook model available which has Firewire. > The Macbook pro doesn't have a Firewire 800, though, only 400 - so if > you get that, you'd have to also get a 9 pin FW800 to 4 pin DV camera > cable. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > > On 14-Apr-09, at 5:24 PM, RANDY MANN wrote: > > > > > > > i just bought a nice shinny new mac book today with my taxes > > got it home to find out there is no fire wire port > > i need to get my videos in this from my xl1 it only has a mini fire > > wire no > > usb > > > > any ideas?? > > > > randy > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- _______________________________________________________ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
