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Apple drops FireWire on some MacBooks, incites outrage
Apple is perhaps the world's biggest backer of IEEE 1394, also known as FireWire, and has traditionally always made it a stock option on their machines. Many Apple peripherals come with FireWire connectors, and the standard was personally backed by Steve Jobs himself. Thus, it's a great surprise to see that Apple has decided to drop FireWire on their newest Macbooks.
With no real announcement, two newly introduced MacBooks, in the $1300 to $1600 price range, were released without FireWire. This has caused considerable outrage from Apple loyalists. Initially Apple remained silent on why, exactly, they decided to dump FireWire on these new machines. Very recently, however, Steve Jobs decided to comment – at least to a few people.
He essentially said that the decision to remove FireWire was because most devices today come stock with USB 2.0 ports. Considering how long Apple has pushed FireWire as a superior alternative to USB, this sudden change is very interesting.
With no real announcement, two newly introduced MacBooks, in the $1300 to $1600 price range, were released without FireWire. This has caused considerable outrage from Apple loyalists. Initially Apple remained silent on why, exactly, they decided to dump FireWire on these new machines. Very recently, however, Steve Jobs decided to comment – at least to a few people.
He essentially said that the decision to remove FireWire was because most devices today come stock with USB 2.0 ports. Considering how long Apple has pushed FireWire as a superior alternative to USB, this sudden change is very interesting.
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User Comments (2)
Post a comment| daerid on October 17, 2008 4:35 PM | *OOPS* Looks like you're right. I was thinking of the MacBook Pro
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| tengeta on October 19, 2008 6:43 PM | This is foolish, anyone that has used the two bus ports knows FireWire is almost superior in every fashion short of 100% plug and play ability. I have criticized Apples decisions almost this entire decade, and this is just another one to add to the book. Whats next, are they going to adopt a windows start menu over docking "because most computers come stock with start menus?"
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