Sigh … Let's take this superficially yet blow-by-blow yet again:
i can completely understand being upset if you were used to having firewire and now its gone but coming from the pc world only a few years ago i never had a firewire port and had actually never even really ran into a firewire port on any of the numerous pc's i had so i dont miss it.
Who gives a flying ef that you don't miss something you never used? Some of us use that which you find no use for.
i have never bought anything that was firewire only since i realize that firewire would limit me to what i could connect to where USB is on everything including things as simple as some factory car stereo's.
Yup. Firewire audio interfaces and firewire camcorders are "limited" in that they use firewire.
But I guess noone of us even thought about buying triple-interface stuff. I'm so glad you told us, oh wise man
i make it a point to never buy anything from mp3 players to cell phones etc.. that do not use the "standard" adapter for its use like USB or mini-USB etc... and although there are a lot of firewire devices on the market and they may offer a superior quality they are just not the standard by a long shot.
You need to get out more if ou think you can teach audio and video professionals that they simply did not buy wisely and that USB is "the standard". Perhaps you should go back to your phones and mp3-players.
in the 80's sony's betamax offered a superior quality recording to vhs and many bought betamax's but eventually they had to bite the bullet and realize that vhs had won the war and they just werent going to be able to play their betamax tapes on sony's new player as sony had decided to only offer vhs on its machines.
You sure are on a roll aren't you? I would have sworn that it would take something special to come up with such utter ignorance in a thread that so far has superceded 2500 posts.
go ahead and quote this and flame because you arent going to hurt my feelings.
Thanks. I didn't have my hopes up, though, after seeing such ignorant and arrogant comments.
usb is the standard and apple choose a side and it doesnt matter if it was to save or make more money it has happened and now we must move on.
You think? Do you actually believe moving tech- and workwise five-ten years back in time and capablities is "moving on"? You realise you're asking pros to not only compromise but to use consumer technology all because your favourite company "felt like it"?
No, of course not. You'd never realise such a thing if it kicked you in the groin.
if i was upset that a particular car maker didnt offer a particular feature then i wouldnt buy it and move on to the manufacturer that did give me what i want for what i was willing to pay.
Yup. If only it was just our mp3-player and phone we had to connect, it wouldn't matter much. But you see, when you make a living and have invested quite a lot of time and effort to buy and learn to use certain apps it's not as easy as simply buying a computer with another platform to connect an MP3-player. After 2500 posts this hasn't sunk in yet?
todays OS X is not limited to an apple and is easily installed and runs on just about anything as well as it does on an apple. if your so upset go out and buy what you want and pick up a copy of Leopard and be happy.
Sure, that will sit well in a professional environment.
I'll do it though - as a "back-up" while I get used to XP.
i am completely pleased with my aluminum 2.4 macbook and consider it a great improvement over my black macbook in so many ways.
And we need to know this because ...?
Seriously, noone gives a hoot. You said it yourself, you use your computer to connect mp3-players and phones, and have no need for much else.
however before i bought it i looked at it and saw the price and looked and my options and picked this because it fit for me.
Ah, yes. No pro ever did that. I'll remember to actually make a decision next time I purchase a computer. Man, I never thought that was possible!
if i had to have firewire then i would have bought something that had it and not spent my time ranting on every forum about the ones that didnt.
If you had a need for firewire you would know more about needs, the industries, and care less about mp3-players and phone connectors.
you have a choice on what to spend your money on and complaining here about what steve has or should do is not going to change a thing.
But you think your apologetic utterings mean anything. at. all?
