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Vintage PCs without firewire

somedudehere 15th Oct 2005

Since when have PCs NOT had firewire? Every PC I've set up for
colleagues in the last two years has had firewire as standard.
Okay, so they've mosly been laptops, but many of them have
been budget laptops, the kind you'd buy for your kid to throw
against the wall when Windows crashes. Sony calls IEEE1394
iLink, perhaps that's what's been confusing you?

So yeah, dropping firewire is very puzzling, seeing as the
forthcoming Intel-based Mac laptops will more than likely have
firewire 400 at the budget end, and firewire 400+800 on pro
machines. But don't you see? It's a hint of their plans for the
future:

Apple will force the market to USB2 for iConsumer, USB2 +
Firewire 800 for Pro.