No way will they remove FW. As anyone who has booted off an external drive can tell you, FW >>>>>>>>>> USB. Even FW400.
Apple would be VERY stupid to do this, and i think lose a lot of customers
I could see them doing it. They dropped it on the MacBook Air and the iPod. For most people who use the MacBook I doubt they ever use firewire. I only used it a few times on my MBP.
I for one would not be a happy camper if they eliminate FW from the macbook. I depend on its speed for using time machine. Not interested in doing that with USB or wireless. Unless there's a new usb at a much higher speed.
Fingers crossed this doesn't happen here.![]()
USB 3.0, and why do you care? It's not like they're going to come to your house and remove it from your current mac. And by the time they axe firewire, USB 3 will be out which is waaay faster.
But the question is whether or not FW1600 or FW3200 is out by then and continues to beat USB3 in actual speed...
Apple would really isolate musicians or sound engineers if they drop FW on the Macbook.
I like having the FireWire port there. Without it I don't think I could sleep during the night.![]()
You need to reword your sentences, its misleading.and i never said you said there was FW 800 in the macbooks. There was never anyway FW800 would make it into the MacBooks.
Yes you did by saying that usb is a contender.. which imho cant even compete with fw400.i dont remember saying USB was >> FW anywhere in my post
exactly why fw 400/800 is needed.meaning it will still move your data from A to B even though at a slower rate compared to FW
I dont think usb for moving big files is sufficient enough. Especially when the macbooks already have fw400 for a consumer notebook, why take that away? Even though its speculation it seems more than just speculation at this point (if aluminum, led backlighting is true I'm sure the no fw would hold true as well) and I wouldnt be surprised if the newer macbooks come without any fw.It would seem for Apple USB is sufficient in a consumer notebook. Thats if they actually kill FW its all speculation at this point
You need to reword your sentences, its misleading.
Yes you did by saying that usb is a contender.. which imho cant even compete with fw400.
exactly why fw 400/800 is needed.
I dont think usb for moving big files is sufficient enough. Especially when the macbooks already have fw400 for a consumer notebook, why take that away? Even though its speculation it seems more than just speculation at this point (if aluminum, led backlighting is true I'm sure the no fw would hold true as well) and I wouldnt be surprised if the newer macbooks come without any fw.