Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Do I have FireWire 400 or 800?

S

SLine

macrumors newbie
Original poster
May 15, 2008
4
0
Golden, CO
Hi Everybody -

I'm new to the Mac world. How do I tell if my MacBook Pro has FireWire 400 or 800? My MacBook has 120GB disk and 2GB memory, 15" screen if that gives an indication of how old it is.

I'm going to buy an external drive for a backup. I'll probably use SuperDuper! so I can boot from the backup.

Thank you,
Steve
 
P

PlaceofDis

macrumors Core
Jan 6, 2004
19,241
6
go to applicaions > utilites > system profiler

go down to FireWire under the Hardware heading and it will tell you.
 
mrwizardno2

mrwizardno2

macrumors 6502a
Jun 19, 2007
818
62
Columbus, OH
Check out the apple site . Here's a pic I nabbed off there. If it looks like the one in the image, you have FW 800

features_inouts20080228.jpg
 
S

SLine

macrumors newbie
Original poster
May 15, 2008
4
0
Golden, CO
Thanks!

Thanks a lot. Helpful and quick!

I have FireWire 400 then. I was thinking you could plug FW800 into a FW400 port and therefore wasn't sure I could tell by looking at the port.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom