Apple Cinema (w/ firewire) + Mac Book?

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sammyman

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Oct 20, 2008

• #1

I noticed that the new Apple cinema has a few firewire ports.... Could this solve the problem with using a new macbook that lacks firewire ports? Can I plug in my video camera to my apple cinema rather than my macbook somehow?

 

belvdr

macrumors 603

• Oct 20, 2008

• #2

No because you need firewire on the laptop itself. In other words, there's no way to pass that back through to the machine.

 

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sammyman

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Oct 20, 2008

• #3

belvdr said:

No because you need firewire on the laptop itself. In other words, there's no way to pass that back through to the machine.

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I thought that might be the case. Thanks.

 

plinden

macrumors 601

• Oct 20, 2008

• #4

They're USB ports, not firewire.

 

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akm3

macrumors 68020

• Oct 20, 2008

• #5

plinden said:

They're USB ports, not firewire.

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The old cinema monitors had Firewire ports.

 

plinden

macrumors 601

• Oct 20, 2008

• #6

akm3 said:

The old cinema monitors had Firewire ports.

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My apologies. When the OP talked about the "new Apple cinema" I thought he meant the new Apple Cinema.

 

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akm3

macrumors 68020

• Oct 20, 2008

• #7

plinden said:

My apologies. When the OP talked about the "new Apple cinema" I thought he meant the new Apple Cinema.

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That sounds reasonable to me! (I didn't even notice he used the word 'new')