Do you think they will bring fw 400 back in the updated 17' unibody when it arrives?

We can only hope.

 

I only use fw800 so no need.

Is it difficult to use the fw800->400 adapter?

 

not gonna happen
you will get 1 FW800 port

 

I'm surprised you missed out on all the complaints and FW800 to 400 adapter threads.

 

yes there is
adapter
and there is also a
Cable

 

Why it has FW400 in the FW800 plug.

Requires you to simply buy a new $10 cable or a $20 adapter.

 

Actually I think that the new 17" is going to have all the good stuff. Both FW ports, at least three USB ports, the high res screen and possib a matte option.

 

The second Firewire port gets you nothing. The old one had both ports on the same bus, so they sucked each other's bandwidth, and using the 400 port knocked 800 one down to 400 speeds to. You are loosing absolutely nothing by using 6pin-9pin cables and daisy chaining.

 

So what happens if you plug a 400 cable into an 800 device that's attached to the MBP?

 

In a daisy chain? Both go to 400. What else would they do?

My point is, a lot of people seem to think that loosing the FW400 port cost them bandwidth, or the ability to run a 400 and 800 device at the same time, when in reality, the old machines couldn't do that either.

 

No way Jose.

Read Jobs email on firewire.

 

I'm somehow doubtful they're going to include it. They're trying to reduce as much clutter as possible and introduce a universal design.

 

I'd much rather have an eSATA/USB port like the one on the Qosimo X305.

 

eSata on a Mac? I wish

 

Firewire 3200!!!!!!!!!!111!!11

I bet 400 gets nixed. Possibly two 800 and 3 USB 2.0.