Comments on: FireWire-to-USB: MacBook Redeemer?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:29:26 +0000

ARRGHHHH! I sure wish I'd read this before purchasing my MacBook. I too missed the fact the it doesn't support Firewire. What's the latest on the converter?

By: untadaike

untadaike — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:22 +0000

I would definitely buy one if they made it for Mac OS X, and I know several other people who would, too.

By: matt m

matt m — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:12:54 +0000

i’m pissed off cos it never occurred to me to check whether or not a new Mac would feature a technology that Mac designed. So I’m now the proud owner of a laptop I bought to make music on that I can’t make music on with my existing firewire soundcard. Cheers apple.

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By: Polly Fantastic

Polly Fantastic — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:30:02 +0000

I’m pretty sick of reading through the comments and seeing all the people accusing discontented customers as “whiners.”

I bought my first Mac ever in November. It was one of the new unibody aluminum 13 inchers. Being a former PC user, I didn’t think much of the lack of FireWire – I’ve gotten through the past 25 years without ever using it. I absolutely love my Macbook. However, I am starting grad school in the fall and they require each student to have their own macbook Pro. If I had ANY other model of Macbook my current computer would be fine, they could upgrade and work with me. But because I have the new one, without FireWire, my only option is to try and sell my Macbook and buy a brand new Pro. One little port and Apple has screwed me over. So you know what? I have every right to be pissed off and to do so without being called a whiner.

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Importing Video on Macbook - Mac-Forums.com — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:43:23 +0000

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By: baz

baz — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:19:33 +0000

As our lives become more integrated with technology – and more crucially technology that is controlled by corporations (who obviously have profit concerns)this problem of being ‘forced’ to upgrade by stealth will be increasingly common.

By: baz

baz — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:15:04 +0000

Get used to more of these ‘inconveniences’ accessing your precious data in the years to come.

By: jared P.

jared P. — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:32:17 +0000

I am a long time Linux on PC user thinking about buying a Mac.

I have never owned a FireWire device, and I could not at all care less about the lack of this port. I would never use it for anything, so I guess this decision was made for people like me.