Firewire 800..

[mvksagar45]

Hello All,
I bought a new 13 inch base MBP recently ( and this is my first mac). Can anyone tell me how to use the firewire 800port ? like are there any devices specially for it ?

 

[Hellhammer]

There are e.g. external hard drives that use FW800. It's over twice as fast as USB 2.0 but costs quite a lot more too.

 

[miles01110]

You plug the firewire cable into the computer and the other end into the unit.

 

[Jolly Giant]

just plug the fw 800 periphery into the port and off you go.

usually, you connect external HDs or optical drives to your Mac. you could also connect an external iSight camera.

 

[legreve]

Hello All,
I bought a new 13 inch base MBP recently ( and this is my first mac). Can anyone tell me how to use the firewire 800port ? like are there any devices specially for it ?

The Lacie Rugged offers firewire 800 connection.

Still bugs me that Apple didn't go ahead and installed usb 3.0 ports instead of that usb 2.0 crap

 

[josh2007]

My setup is FW800 > rocstor HDD > Apogee Duet audio convertor. I've had up to 4 devices daisy chained.

 

[Hansr]

There are e.g. external hard drives that use FW800. It's over twice as fast as USB 2.0 but costs quite a lot more too.

If you buy a box+HDD instead of ready built one it's not that much more expensive maybe 10-15%

 

[brentsg]

The Lacie Rugged offers firewire 800 connection.

Still bugs me that Apple didn't go ahead and installed usb 3.0 ports instead of that usb 2.0 crap

It's not supported in the Intel chipset, so it would require yet more space on the logic board for a discrete solution.