Confusion on firewire cable

[Dr Strangelove]

I just purchased the http://www.macally.com/EN/Product/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=215 and am trying to hook it to my macbook pro late 2008 model. It seems that I need a 400 to 800 cable like this to make it work http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-Bilingual-Firewire-MSC512006/dp/B000TO1SMG/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1246381989&sr=1-4

Am I correct?

[Tallest Skil]

Yeah, but spend FOUR dollars instead of fifteen.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10301&cs_id=1030105&p_id=331&seq=1&format=2

[munkees]

Yeah, but spend FOUR dollars instead of fifteen.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10301&cs_id=1030105&p_id=331&seq=1&format=2

WARNING, some cheap firewire cables and really F things up, I had a bad cheap firewire cable ended up firing 3 external drives and 2 iMacs before I realized it was the cable, had to get the iMacs fixed at the Apple Store, had one external replaced under warrantee, and the others are USB only. Some times it better to purchase a quality cable.

[Tallest Skil]

WARNING, some cheap firewire cables and really F things up, I had a bad cheap firewire cable ended up firing 3 external drives and 2 iMacs before I realized it was the cable, had to get the iMacs fixed at the Apple Store, had one external replaced under warrantee, and the others are USB only. Some times it better to purchase a quality cable.

REBUTTAL: It's Monoprice. Be cool, man, be cool.

I'm fairly certain a CABLE didn't fry two iMacs.

[jessica.]

REBUTTAL: It's Monoprice. Be cool, man, be cool.

I'm fairly certain a CABLE didn't fry two iMacs.

That is not a rebuttal.

However, cables are fairly standard these days and few people are buying the $20-$100 counterparts of any one cable.

Monoprice seems to do well providing decent cables at a fair price.

[Tallest Skil]

That is not a rebuttal.

I thought that their history of providing quality merchandise was a solid rebuttal...:o:confused:

[munkees]

REBUTTAL: It's Monoprice. Be cool, man, be cool.

I'm fairly certain a CABLE didn't fry two iMacs.

I am cool, it was a cable, it was the cable supplied with my WD external, found out after that they had a batch of bad cables, they ship out. Never say never, irony will strike.


PS thanks for the monorice info, will use that next time.

[geoffreak]

Cheap cables = win. I buy < $1 HDMI cables off Amazon all the time and they work just as well as the $50 ones sold at retail.
I once bought a Firewire 800 to 400 cable at the Apple retail store and paid over $30 for it. I needed it that day so I wasn't able to order it online.
I always plan ahead for when I need cables now. I end up with a larger number of cables, but I pay significantly less in total.