Re: FireWire to be dropped in the new iBooks?

zoara <me3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Roger Merriman <NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Bonge Boo! <bingbong@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On 11/12/05 14:04, in article
> > > 1h7el32.y59dou1uaimjxN%NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Roger Merriman"
> > > <NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > >> This would be enough to guarantee I could never buy one. If I can't
> > > >> plug my digital camcorder into it to do video production whilst on
> > > >> holiday somewhere, it's useless as a family laptop for me. I'm not at
> > > >> all sure I believe this one.
> > > >>
> > > > it wouldn't suprise me in the least attaully it would be a good way of
> > > > marking out the pro and consumer lines. as fire wire is mostly used pro
> > > > video stuff. and USB everything else.
> > >
> > > A LOT of iBook are used in schools for digital media. No firewire, no
> > > iMovie. Dumb.
> >
> >
> > i guess apple will have to look at the pros and cons,
>
> You mean like, Powerbooks are used by pros whereas iBooks are used by
> cons?
Could be :-)
Let's not forget Firewire is becoming the Standard for getting music in
and out of computers. Plenty of iBooks and Powerbooks are used with
Garageband, Logic etc. as portable recording studios. Not forgetting the
mobile DJ scene.
Which in my deranged mind makes the decision to drop Firewire from iPods
plain daft but could indicate a general step backwards in the wrong
direction.

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