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wormy

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just wondering if apple includes a firewire cable with a new power mac or if I need to buy one myself.
 

patrick0brien

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-wormy

Good question. Every PMG4 I've purchased up throught the Quicksilver has a 6-pin to 4-pin FireWire cable. Now that's not a full Firewire cable of course. So I guess the answer is no.
 

wormy

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thanks! actually I only need a 4 pin to 6 pin cable. any idea how long it is?
 

Nipsy

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Neither my Quicksilver nor my MDD came with a FireWire cable.
 

Bear

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So far all of the firewire peripherals I have bought have come with firewire cables.

The only reasons I can think of why someone might need to buy a firewire cable are:
  1. Need a longer (or shorter) cable.
  2. Use a Mac in firewire target mode and they have no cables.
  3. replace a bad/damaged cable
 

wormy

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Oh ok, I bought a Sony DVCAM deck and it didnt come with one. Guess I'll just order one from Apple before my computer gets here.
 

wormy

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One more question, is the Firewire 400 I/O on the power mac 4 or 6 pin? Just want to make sure I get the right cable.
 

iJon

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none of the macs come with them anymore, they used to. all the macs come with a modem wire but thats it. the powermacs come with a usb extension because they know people like to put their powermacs on the floor and the keyboard needs to reach if they dont have an apple monitor.

iJon
 

yzedf

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Originally posted by iJon
none of the macs come with them anymore, they used to. all the macs come with a modem wire but thats it. the powermacs come with a usb extension because they know people like to put their powermacs on the floor and the keyboard needs to reach if they dont have an apple monitor.

iJon

cat5 cable too ;)
 

timbloom

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Originally posted by iJon
none of the macs come with them anymore, they used to. all the macs come with a modem wire but thats it. the powermacs come with a usb extension because they know people like to put their powermacs on the floor and the keyboard needs to reach if they dont have an apple monitor.

iJon

I believe that now they no longer come with an extension cable for the usb either, now what ADC monitors have the handy USB ports on the back... which is really sad because the cable is so short.
 

MacBandit

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Originally posted by timbloom
I believe that now they no longer come with an extension cable for the usb either, now what ADC monitors have the handy USB ports on the back... which is really sad because the cable is so short.

If they don't come with the USB extension that would be a very recent thing. My Dual/GHz/DDR PowerMac I got in August came with one.
 

timbloom

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Originally posted by MacBandit
If they don't come with the USB extension that would be a very recent thing. My Dual/GHz/DDR PowerMac I got in August came with one.

Well then, I must be wrong then, when I recently worked at a computer store they did not come with them, but I went back to college right when the MDD's started to ship. That could explain it.
 

wormy

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Originally posted by MacBandit
Don't buy one from Apple. Get a Belkin or other major name brand one you will pay half the price.

Hmmm, I've heard from some Final Cut users that they've had problems with some non-Apple cables and their dv decks. I'm just gonna stick with Apple. $27 w/free shipping doesn't seem so bad after taking a trip tp Best Buy or Radioshack.
 

Bear

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Originally posted by wormy
Hmmm, I've heard from some Final Cut users that they've had problems with some non-Apple cables and their dv decks. I'm just gonna stick with Apple. $27 w/free shipping doesn't seem so bad after taking a trip tp Best Buy or Radioshack.
No need to deal with idiot clerks, no need to go and find out they don't have any.

And the cables aren't really that much less expensive unless you go with a no-name cable. Which means you have no clue what you're really getting.
 

DakotaGuy

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I got one with my iMac DV, but not with my iBook. I guess they included them in the iMac DV's probably because they were touting digital video at the time.
 

Le Big Mac

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Originally posted by iJon
. . . all the macs come with a modem wire but thats it. . . .
iJon

Love that "modem" wire. I have a hundred extra phone line cables (cat3, right?) lying around. Is the modem cable any different from those? :rolleyes:

Why not just call it a "phone cord," or would it sound like less of a bargain if that's what they called it?:confused:
 
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