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lPHONE

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Nov 17, 2009
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got power?

One of the most awesome perks about FireWire is it's power to distribute up to 45w per port up to 30v. The downfall is that it hasn't quite caught on with hardware manufacturers. Apparently, there's more money in weak 5v USB coffee warmers that couldn't defrost an ice cube.

The purpose of this thread is to share and discover cool FireWire devices with each other. Here's why I have on my :apple: MacBook Pro:
 
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