I'm also going to re-post my findings for the idea that it could be a Mini-DisplayPort here as they weren't picked up on due to me amending my previous post.
I did a search for mini-displayport and came up with a PDF from a Chinese company about their operation for 2008.
On page 43 they mention that from January to March this year they did the following:
As nice as they were to print this information, they don't provide a photo of the port.
PDF link
I don't think they'll produce a consumer Notebook without Firewire; they've got iMovie and iDVD for consumers, e.g. many DV-Camcorders need Firewire. They brought the USB-to-LAN-thingy on the MacBook Air, what if it is not a LAN port but FW800 on the MacBook?
Besides - I don't know if it is possible (technically), but how about a USB-FW-adapter?
They are not all wired. Several are wireless. For the ones that are wired, a USB-to-ethernet dong would suffice. Go ahead an complain about paying $29 for the adapter—I probably would too if I valued ethernet over FireWire.Not. It's a completely stupid one, especially when the main alternative to ethernet is completely unsecure and much slower wifi connections, which usually aren't allowed to access internal networks (using WiFi to connect to my employer's internal network through VPN? How about no?). Likewise for uni networks, they're all wired, and I doubt Apple wants to drop student support.
Doesn't have an adapter that converts USB 2.0 into Ethernet?
It wouldn't, see above for the reason why.For the ones that are wired, a USB-to-ethernet dong would suffice.
Doesn't have an adapter that converts USB 2.0 into Ethernet? If so, why bother putting an Ethernet port on the laptop: it could possibly make it thinner and slightly more profits for Apple.
I also really hope they don't take away firewire 400, because, first of all, I have no idea what firewire 800 is and therefore have no use for it, and I use Firewire 400 often for my camcorder and hard drives because it's like a million times faster than USB.
The great and ugly Ethernet vs. FireWire poll!
Doesn't have an adapter that converts USB 2.0 into Ethernet? If so, why bother putting an Ethernet port on the laptop:
I use Firewire 400 often for my camcorder and hard drives because it's like a million times faster than USB.
I like this idea. To this day I have never used the ethernet connection on my Macbook. What if they are dropping the ethernet port (to be done my a USB-ethernet converter) and what we think is the ethernet port is actually something else?
Where a "zillion times faster" is really 15% or so?
Unless you've got USB 1.1 or one of the early Apples with crappy USB 2.0![]()
IR ( infrared )
Show me a device that is using the full FW800 bandwidth.
a backlit trackpad would be nice to go with the keyboard
What purpose would that serve?![]()
Heck, why not? With Apple's penchant for proprietary cables, it could be a basic Ethernet port; and if you pay Apple another $19 (or $29 or more), Apple will give you a breakout cable that does both Ethernet and some flavour of FireWire.![]()
It perplexed me as well.What purpose would that serve?![]()
Apple dropping ethernet would be like windows dropping the DOS interface in windows. To many legacy applications and security services use it.
Apple dropping ethernet would be like windows dropping the DOS interface in windows. To many legacy applications and security services use it.
Ethernet is too important to IT infustructure to not have implemented. Too much network security is based on Ethernet MAC hardware address and actual physical connections to the network.
Apple dropping ethernet would be like windows dropping the DOS interface in windows. To many legacy applications and security services use it.
Tell that to the MacBook Air.