The other perennial question: Is firewire dead?

[AAA]

what say you?

[freeradical]

No

[sekker]

Works way better than eSATA when connected to my MBP

[RAMd®d]

That always cracks me up.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

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.

[pRICE cUBE]

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.

[jdc]

im not even sure its a question that needs to be asked?

[MacMission]

NO! Firewire Target Disk Mode is absolutely critical for routine maintenance and all my external hard drives are firewire.

[AAA]

So, we are in agreement that firewire is only around for

1. Camcorders
2. Until the next big thing replaces it.

Check.

[Mike V]

Firewire is very popular for pro video and pro audio.

There is no substitute for Firewire 800 for these uses.