The other perennial question: Is firewire dead?

[3d]

Firewire never really lived (in the big picture). 95% of computer users have no idea what the word "firewire" means and get along fine without it. The world will not end. People will adapt.

[Speedy]

It died when USB2 was announced.

[anonymouse1]

It's only sleeping.

Pining for the fjords, that is.

[thermarest]

I don't even understand the question. Obviously its not currently dead. Is the question really "how long until firewire is dead?" or more precisely "how long until firewire has a similar number of active users as there currently are for SCSI Zip drives and ADB mice?"

I'd guess that will be minimum 5 years.

[rob banzai]

Firewire is great.

And it's also dead.

[DRR]

Just because most consumers don't use it, doesn't mean it's dead.

SCSI isn't even dead, it's just not a consumer protocol anymore.

[freeradical]

Firewire 800 is used as the main data bus on the F-22 Raptor. It is also used on the Space Shuttle.

[Lew Zealand]

Nah, just beleaguered.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Mike V wrote:
Firewire is very popular for pro video and pro audio.

There is no substitute for Firewire 800 for these uses.

Are there any specialty audio devices that use FW800 to increase performance over FW400 ?

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Is firewire dead?

No.