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A ausência de FireWire nos novos MacBooks [atualizado]
BLOG.MACMAGAZINE —
... , se decidem comprar o novo notebook. Câmeras de vídeo profissionais, discos rígidos de armazenamento externo, interfaces para edição de música e mesas de mixagem são alguns dos exemplos de dispositivos “órfãos”. O FireWire, criado e difundido principalmente pela Apple, deixa de existir em um dos seus produtos mais populares, alguns anos depois de abandonar o iPod. E será que Steve Jobs continua feliz com a novidade, mesmo depois tantas reclamações? ...
Steve Jobs concisely answers the MacBook FireWire question
Infinite Loop —
... from the 13" MacBook has certainly stirred a lot of consternation among the Mac faithful. But when asked via e-mail about editing home video with the latest MacBook, The Steve just had this to say : "Actually, all of the new HD camcorders of the past few years use USB 2." The truth is, FireWire and in particular the FW400 variety has been slowing disappearing for the last few years. Apple eliminated FireWire from iPods several years ago, since it allowed slimming down of iPods and made the nano and shuffle possible. Even external hard drives rarely have a FW400 port; FW800 ...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly responds to Mac user’s outrage over new MacBook’s missing FireWire
MacDailyNews —
... "The one-line response to a fan complaining over the lack of FireWire on the new entry level aluminum MacBooks is blunt but also points out that technology has changed since the company began including FireWire with Macs in 1999," McLean reports. "'Actually, all of the new HD camcorders of the past few years use USB 2,' Jobs supposedly wrote in an email, a copy of which was posted to the popular Flickr image sharing website," McLean reports. Much more in the full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "pogo" for the heads up.] ...
Quoted
GMSV —
... “Actually, all of the new HD camcorders of the past few years use USB 2.” – Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ pithy e-mail reply (in toto) to a random member of the legions of customers, especially video hobbyists and pros, complaining about ...
Mac users flaming over FireWire; Jobs shrugs
Betanews —
... the absence of FireWire from the lower-end MacBook. The port is still present in FireWire 800 form on the MacBook Pro; FireWire 400 is no longer offered. Some of the comments are somewhat overwrought, with users claiming that the absence of FireWire is "a deal breaker" for the MacBook. But Steve Jobs for one isn't having it. In a letter written to a fan and republished on AppleInsider, Jobs allegedly stated that "Actually, all of the new HD camcorders of the past few years use USB 2." Other communications from Apple employees online state that USB, not FireWire, is the ...
QOTD
Digital Daily —
... – Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s 14-word email reply to customers annoyed by the removal of the FireWire port from the new 13-inch MacBook ...
FireWire Isn’t Alone: A Brief History of Features Apple Has Killed
Technologizer —
... , 49% of respondents are pretty ticked off, and 85% think FireWire still has life in it; only 10 percent applaud Apple’s decision. It looks like Steve Jobs isn’t terribly sympathetic: He allegedly sent a brief e-mail to an unhappy customer pointing out that USB has been standard equipment on new HD camcorders for several years . Which is true, but may not pacify folks with camcorders that are FireWire only. Or who like ...
Purported E-Mail From Jobs Defends Firewire's Death
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... into problems testing JVCs and Sanyos. And occasionally Sony camcorders don't work out so well either.
Tapeless camcorders are so unreliable with the Mac that I still haven't jumped on that bandwagon. The video editors at Wired.com, who use Macs, also stay away from tapeless. So yes -- the lack of Firewire on a MacBook would bug all of us who stick with the old-fashioned MiniDV-and-Firewire combo.
Your thoughts, Gadget Lab readers? Is Firewire a big deal?
Jobs responds to outrage over MacBook's missing FireWire [u]
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On the Way Out: FireWire and Matte Screens?
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us —
... FireWire is most commonly used to connect external hard drives and digital camcorders, but hard drives increasingly support both FireWire and USB 2.0, and in an email response to a user published on AppleInsider, Steve Jobs claimed that many HD camcorders now use USB 2.0 as well. So should we just learn to love our new USB 2.0 masters? ...
FireWire: It’s Baaaaaaaaaaaack!
Technologizer —
... , but Steve Jobs himself apparently thought it was not a big deal. And so did I. In fact, I thought that other Macs would begin to lose their FireWire. I was wrong. ...
