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The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - AAA - 10-22-2009
what say you?
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - freeradical - 10-22-2009
No
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - sekker - 10-22-2009
Works way better than eSATA when connected to my MBP
No. - RAMd®d - 10-22-2009
That always cracks me up.
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - Filliam H. Muffman - 10-22-2009
I think that Apple is going to cling to FireWire until they have either Light Peak or USB 3 to replace it.
My guess is Light Peak going to be pretty close to what an optical version of FW6400 would be.
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - pRICE cUBE - 10-22-2009
WIth consumer camcorders moving to hard drive/usb and solid state SDHC cards, that market will diminish. By the time that transition is complete on consumer models, the next format will be out.
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - jdc - 10-22-2009
im not even sure its a question that needs to be asked?
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - MacMission - 10-22-2009
NO! Firewire Target Disk Mode is absolutely critical for routine maintenance and all my external hard drives are firewire.
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - AAA - 10-22-2009
So, we are in agreement that firewire is only around for
1. Camcorders
2. Until the next big thing replaces it.
Check.
Re: The other perennial question: Is firewire dead? - Mike V - 10-22-2009
Firewire is very popular for pro video and pro audio.
There is no substitute for Firewire 800 for these uses.