10-17-2008, 04:33 PM
3d wrote: What do you mean by "all of us"?
I mean just that - we all have a different story for the use, or non-use, of FireWire. I bet many here use it daily, like me, and others don't use it at all. Simple.
3d wrote: You have DOZENS of FW based harddrives? DOZENS?? Yikes. I have 1 external for backups.
Yep. I haven't counted them lately, but I'd bet it's close to 30 that I'm responsible for. All of the people I've setup on a Mac, outside of the office, like family and friends, all use external hard drives for backup purposes. I have either recommended them these drives, or have supplied them. It's still me that gets the phone call when something goes haywire. FireWire is the easiest method to dump data, and reload anything they might need. In my opinion, it's a very critical port to have on the computer.
3d wrote: Are you sure the 13 inch low-end MacBook line was meant for you anyway? I don't mean to be sarcastic or anything... just wondering.
That's the conclusion that I came to. It's not for me, personally. But, many of my sales people could use it. It will just be a different method to support them. If I need to do anything firewire based on those machines, I'll be SOL. I'm sure this "feature" is going to move to the Mac Mini next, if that machine survives much longer. I've got about 15-20 of those machines in use right now. I've used the FireWire port on all of those at one time or another.
Jeff