Comments on: FireWire: It’s Baaaaaaaaaaaack!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:44:49 +0000

I’m thankful it’s back. Firewire makes it so much easier to repair a broken Mac, especially with the magic of Target Disk Mode (which I personally think is the best thing when you own both a Mac desktop and a Mac laptop; you can use your Mac laptop as a boot drive for the Mac desktop so you don’t lose anything).

By: Art Vandelay

Art Vandelay — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:44:51 +0000

Aside from the Air, there now isn’t a current MacBook (Pro or not) without Firewire. Awesome development.

By: Hovo

Hovo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:08:31 +0000

Is it me or is that a 15″ macbook in the picture.. If you are talking about a 13″ mac book why present the viewers with a pic from the 15″ mac book?

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:42:52 +0000

Apple removed the microphone jacks from several of their computers (spurring the invention of devices such as Griffin’s iMic) and a couple years later they put the mic jacks back on all of their computers.

It’s kind of funny that they have given back FireWire on the 13″, but at the same time went for a combined in/out audio jack…

By: Dan Tillmanns

Dan Tillmanns — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:29:26 +0000

Pecos Bill mentioned Target Disc Mode. Very useful and fun to use with its symbol bouncing around the screen.
When I got my Mac Pro, I loaded it from my 15 inch laptop. That replaced the OS but Software Update got the right one.
As a by product, I now have Graphic Converter on my main desktop. Apple had bundled it on the laptop.

By: Brian Ashe

Brian Ashe — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:35:22 +0000

Apple has gone back and forth before. The first PowerMac G4s had video cards with VGA and DVI connectors. Then they introduced ADC and cards had that and VGA–no DVI. Later G4s and G5s had ADC and DVI, then they dropped ADC and went DVI-only.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:34:22 +0000

Wish I could trade in my 13″ unibody Macbook w/ Firewire, SD slot, and lit keyboard for the new (cheaper) model. Bah!

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By: James Grinter

James Grinter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:08:39 +0000

Now, if only they’d bring back the option of non-glossy screens too!